capitale

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.pi.tal/
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Noun

capitale f (plural capitales)

  1. capital, capital city
  2. capital letter
    Synonym: majuscule
    Antonym: minuscule

Derived terms

Adjective

capitale

  1. feminine singular of capital

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.piˈta.le/
  • Rhymes: -ale
  • Hyphenation: ca‧pi‧tà‧le

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin capitālis, derived from caput (“head”).

Adjective

capitale (plural capitali)

  1. (relational) head
    1. (law) capital
    2. (by extension) bitter
      Synonym: acerrimo
      nemico capitale ― bitter enemy
    3. (by extension) fierce
      Synonym: accanito
      odio capitale ― fierce hatred
  2. primary, prime, chief, main, capital
    Synonyms: essenziale, fondamentale, primario, vitale
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun use of the above adjective.

Noun

capitale f (plural capitali)

  1. capital city, capital
    la Capitale ― the Capital (= Rome)

Noun

capitale m (plural capitali)

  1. (economics) capital
Derived terms
Descendants

Further reading

  • capitale1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • capitale2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • capitale3 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Etymology

A nominalised form from capitālis.

Noun

capitāle n (genitive capitālis); third declension

  1. (Late Latin) capital crime
  2. (Late Latin) pillow
  3. (Medieval Latin, finance) capital (money)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative capitāle capitālia
Genitive capitālis capitālium
Dative capitālī capitālibus
Accusative capitāle capitālia
Ablative capitālī capitālibus
Vocative capitāle capitālia

Adjective

capitāle

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of capitālis

References

  • “capitale”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • capitale in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

capitale f

  1. inflection of capitală:
    1. indefinite plural
    2. indefinite genitive/dative singular
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