cabestan
French edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French cabestant, of uncertain origin. Either from Old Occitan cabestran (“instrument to coil cords”), a noun use of present participle of verb cabestrar, from cabestre (“pulley rope”) ; or from Spanish cabestrante, cabrestante, from cabestrar (“to bind with a halter”), from cabestro (“halter”), from Latin capistrum (“halter”), from capere (“to hold”) (see capacious); or perhaps the Spanish is from Latin caper (“goat”) + -stans, present participle of stare (“to stand”); compare French chèvre (“she-goat”), also a machine for raising heavy weights.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cabestan m (plural cabestans)
- capstan (vertical cleated drum or cylinder)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “cabestan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French cabestan.
Noun edit
cabestan n (plural cabestane)
- capstan (vertical cleated drum or cylinder)
Declension edit
Declension of cabestan
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) cabestan | cabestanul | (niște) cabestane | cabestanele |
genitive/dative | (unui) cabestan | cabestanului | (unor) cabestane | cabestanelor |
vocative | cabestanule | cabestanelor |