capitale

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

• petite capitale

Adjective

capitale

1. feminine singular of capital

Further reading

• “capitale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

• capitalmente
• peccato capitale
• pena capitale
• sette peccati capitali

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

• capitalismo
• capitalista

Related terms

• capitalizzare

Descendants

• → Dutch: kapitaal
  • → Indonesian: kapital
• → German: Kapital, Capital (obsolete)
  • → Yiddish: קאַפּיטאַל (kapital)
• → Piedmontese: capital

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

Anagrams

• clipeata

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

• IPA^(key): [kapiˈtale]

Noun

capitale f

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