castel
Italian edit
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castel m (apocopated)
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Etymology edit
From late Old English castel, castell, borrowed from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum. Reinforced by Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French castel, itself also from castellum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
castel (plural castels)
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Old English edit
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Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *kastell.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
castel n or m
Declension edit
- masculine
Declension of castel (strong a-stem)
- neuter
Declension of castel (strong a-stem)
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Old French edit
Noun edit
castel oblique singular, m (oblique plural casteaus or casteax or castiaus or castiax or castels, nominative singular casteaus or casteax or castiaus or castiax or castels, nominative plural castel)
- (Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French) Alternative form of chastel (“castle, fortress”)
- c. 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland, lines 4–6:
- N'i ad castel ki devant lui remaigne; / Mur ne citet n'i est remes a fraindre, / Fors Sarraguce, ki est en une muntaigne.
- There's no fortress left in front of him; neither wall nor city remains to be destroyed, except for Zaragoza, which is on a mountain.
Old Occitan edit
Etymology edit
From Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French chastel.
Noun edit
castel m (oblique plural castels, nominative singular castels, nominative plural castel)
- castle (large fortified medieval building)
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- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “castellum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 468
Piedmontese edit
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castel m
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin castellum (17th century).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
castel n (plural castele)
Declension edit
Declension of castel
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) castel | castelul | (niște) castele | castelele |
genitive/dative | (unui) castel | castelului | (unor) castele | castelelor |
vocative | castelule | castelelor |
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Further reading edit
- castel in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)