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Spanish
Etymology
Perhaps borrowed from Old Occitan capelan, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappellānus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kapeˈʝan/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /kapeˈʎan/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kapeˈʃan/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kapeˈʒan/
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: ca‧pe‧llán
Noun
capellán m (plural capellanes)
- chaplain
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