capela
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capela
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
Noun
capela f (plural capelas)
- (religion) chapel (small Christian place of worship)
- fleece of a sheep
- layer
- eyelid
- Synonym: pálpebra
- cap which covers the tip of a traditional palleiro ("haystack")
- hood
- Synonym: muradá
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References
- Ernesto Xosé 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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “capela”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “capela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “capela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “capela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
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)
- (religion) chapel (small Christian place of worship)
- Synonym: ermida
- (chemistry) fume hood (a ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken)
Related terms
Descendants
Spanish
Noun
capela
- Only used in a capela
Venetan
Alternative forms
Etymology
See capeła. Compare Italian cappella
Noun
capela f (plural capele)
- error, mistake
- head (of a nail)
- glans penis