chapitre

See also: chapitré

English

Noun

chapitre (plural chapitres)

1. Obsolete form of chapter.
   • [1528?], Jherom Bruynswyke, translated by Laurence andrew, The Vertuose Boke of Distyllacyon of the Waters of All Maner of Herbes […], [London]:

     And ſeke to this in the .xii. chapitre in the lettre D. after that ſeke for this i^[sic] the xxvii. chapitre in the lettre J.

   • 1535 July 27, [Marsilius of Padua], translated by Wyllyam Marshall, The Defence of Peace: […], [London]: […] Robert wyer / for wyllyam marshall, folio 65, recto:

     […] thoſe thynges, which ſhall be ſayd hereafter, in the .ix. the .x. yͤ .xiiii. and the .xviii. chapitres of this preſent dyccyon.

   • 1565 December 3, Thomas Dorman, A Disproufe of M. Novvelles Reproufe, Antwerp: […] Iohn Laet, folio 36, verso:

     For the firſt, let Nicephorus be examined, whome you here alleage in two places, the 9. boke the 13. and the 27. chapitres. I meane the 27. for in the other chapitre there is no worde of that matter, and ſo ſhall it appeare whether you be a lyer or no.

French

Etymology

From Middle French chapitre, from Old French chapitre (also capitre, chapitle), an early borrowing from Late Latin capitulum (literally “little head”), diminutive of Latin caput (whence French chef). If inherited through Vulgar Latin, it would have yielded *cheveil. Doublet of capitule, a modern borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.pitʁ/

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Noun

chapitre m (plural chapitres)

1. chapter
2. subject, issue
3. (religion) chapter

Derived terms

• avoir voix au chapitre
• sous-chapitre

Related terms

• chapitrer

Further reading

• “chapitre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• perchait, prêchait

Middle English

Alternative forms

• capyter, chaipitur, chapetere, chapetir, chapetre, chapihtre, chapiter, chapitere, chapitir, chapitr, chapitur, chapter, chaptre, chaptyr, chapyter, chaypitur

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitulum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈpiːtrə/, /t͡ʃaˈpitrə/, /ˈt͡ʃapitrə/, /-tər/
• (Northern) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaːpitər/

Noun

chapitre (plural chapitres)

1. A chapter, passage, or section of a book.
2. A portion of the Bible read aloud in church.
3. An assembly or group of clerics:
   1. A chapterhouse; a building hosting such a group.
   2. Such an assembly convoked to decide cases of canon law.
4. (rare) A condensation or summarisation.
5. (rare) A secular assembly.
6. (rare) The head of a column.

Descendants

• English: chapter; chapiter
• Scots: chaipter

References

• “chapī̆tre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin capitulum (“little head”).

Noun

chapitre oblique singular, m (oblique plural chapitres, nominative singular chapitres, nominative plural chapitre)

1. chapter (of a book)
   • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):

     Et de ce nous dirons plus au chapitre des maladies des ungles

     And of this, we will speak more in the chapter about diseases of the nails

Descendants

• French: chapitre
• Middle English: chapitre, capyter, chaipitur, chapetere, chapetir, chapetre, chapihtre, chapiter, chapitere, chapitir, chapitr, chapitur, chapter, chaptre, chaptyr, chapyter, chaypitur
  • English: chapter; chapiter
  • Scots: chaipter