capitular

English

Etymology 1

From Late Latin capitulāre, capitulārium, from Latin capitulum (“a small head, a chapter”).

Noun

capitular (plural capitulars)

1. an act passed in a chapter
2. a member of a chapter
   • 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. , London: D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe , →OCLC:

     The chapter itself, and all its members or capitulars.

3. the head or prominent part

Etymology 2

From Middle English capituler, from Medieval Latin capitulāris, from Latin capitulum (“a small head, a chapter”).

Adjective

capitular (not comparable)

1. (botany, anatomy) pertaining to a capitulum

   the capitular process of a vertebra

2. Pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter.
   • 1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity‎:

     From the pope to the member of the capitular body.

Derived terms

• circumcapitular

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin capitulāris. First attested in 1685.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Adjective

capitular m or f (masculine and feminine plural capitulars)

1. (relational, Christianity) (religious) chapter; capitular
2. (relational, botany) capitule, inflorescence; capitular

Noun

capitular m (plural capitulars)

1. (Christianity) capitular (member of a religious chapter)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Late Latin capitulārī. First attested in 1434.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

capitular (first-person singular present capitulo, first-person singular preterite capitulí, past participle capitulat)

1. (intransitive) to surrender, to capitulate
2. (transitive) to divide into chapters

Conjugation

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

capitular (first-person singular present capitulo, first-person singular preterite capitulei, past participle capitulado)

1. to capitulate, to surrender

Conjugation

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Adjective

capitular m or f (plural capitulares)

1. (relational) chapter (of an ecclesiastical body); capitular
2. (relational) capital, uppercase (of a letter)

Noun

capitular m or f by sense (plural capitulares)

1. member of an ecclesiastical chapter; capitular

Noun

capitular f (plural capitulares)

1. capital/uppercase letter, especially a drop cap

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Adjective

capitular m or f (plural capitulares)

1. head-shaped

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French capitulaire.

Adjective

capitular m or n (feminine singular capitulară, masculine plural capitulari, feminine and neuter plural capitulare)

1. capitular

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kapituˈlaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧pi‧tu‧lar

Verb

capitular (first-person singular present capitulo, first-person singular preterite capitulé, past participle capitulado)

1. (intransitive) to capitulate, to surrender

Conjugation

Further reading

• “capitular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014