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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse (whence Icelandic kapall), from Latin caballus.
Noun
capel (plural capels)
- (obsolete) Alternative spelling of caple (horse)
Etymology 2
Noun
capel (uncountable)
- (mining) A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.
Etymology 3
Noun
capel (plural capels)
- Alternative form of kappal (“ship”)
Anagrams
Highland Popoluca
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish café.
Noun
capel
- coffee
Derived terms
References
- Elson, Benjamin F., Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999) Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41) (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 12
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Welsh capel, borrowed from Late Latin cappella (“little cloak; chapel”), diminutive of Latin cappa (“cloak, cape”).
Pronunciation
Noun
capel m (plural capeli or capelau or capelydd or capeloedd)
- chapel
- nonconformist meetinghouse or chapel
Synonyms
Derived terms
Mutation
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “capel”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies