See also: capelă, capelã, capeła, and capelă

Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese capela, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappella (little cloak; chapel), diminutive of cappa (cloak, cape). Cognate with Portuguese capela, Spanish capilla, Catalan capella, Occitan capèla, French chapelle, Italian cappella and Romanian capelă.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kaˈpɛla/ [kɑˈpɛ.lɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛla
  • Hyphenation: ca‧pe‧la

Noun edit

capela f (plural capelas)

  1. (religion) chapel (small Christian place of worship)
  2. fleece of a sheep
  3. layer
  4. eyelid
    Synonym: pálpebra
  5. cap which covers the tip of a traditional palleiro ("haystack")
  6. hood
    Synonym: muradá

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Related terms edit

References edit

  • capela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • capela” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • capela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • capela” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • capela” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese edit

 
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capela

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese capela (chapel), from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappella (little cloak; chapel), diminutive of cappa (cloak, cape). Cognate with Galician capela, Spanish capilla, Catalan capella, Occitan capèla, French chapelle, Italian cappella and Romanian capelă.

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: ca‧pe‧la

Noun edit

capela f (plural capelas)

  1. (religion) chapel (small Christian place of worship)
    Synonym: ermida
  2. (chemistry) fume hood (a ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken)

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Descendants edit

  • Konkani: कोपेल (kopel)
  • Malayalam: കപ്പേള (kappēḷa)

Spanish edit

Noun edit

capela

  1. Only used in a capela

Venetian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

See capeła. Compare Italian cappella

Noun edit

capela f (plural capele)

  1. error, mistake
  2. head (of a nail)
  3. glans penis