capela

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See also: capelă, capelã, capeła, and capelă

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese capela, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappella (“little cloak; chapel”), diminutive of cappa (“cloak, cape”). Cognate with Portuguese capela, Spanish capilla, Catalan capella, Occitan capèla, French chapelle, Italian cappella and Romanian capelă.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈpɛla/
  • Rhymes: -ɛla
  • Hyphenation: ca‧pe‧la

Noun

capela f (plural capelas)

  1. (religion) chapel (small Christian place of worship)
  2. fleece of a sheep
  3. layer
  4. eyelid
    Synonym: pálpebra
  5. cap which covers the tip of a traditional palleiro ("haystack")
  6. hood
    Synonym: muradá

Derived terms

References

  • Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “capela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “capela”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • “capela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “capela” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “capela” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

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capela

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese capela (“chapel”), from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappella (“little cloak; chapel”), diminutive of cappa (“cloak, cape”). Cognate with Galician capela, Spanish capilla, Catalan capella, Occitan capèla, French chapelle, Italian cappella and Romanian capelă.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: ca‧pe‧la

Noun

capela f (plural capelas)

  1. (religion) chapel (small Christian place of worship)
    Synonym: ermida
  2. (chemistry) fume hood (a ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken)

Descendants

  • → Konkani: कोपेल (kopel)
  • → Malayalam: കപ്പേള (kappēḷa)

Spanish

Noun

capela

  1. Only used in a capela

Venetian

Alternative forms

Etymology

See capeła. Compare Italian cappella

Noun

capela f (plural capele)

  1. error, mistake
  2. head (of a nail)
  3. glans penis
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