French edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ka.pi.tal/
  • (file)

Noun edit

capitale f (plural capitales)

  1. capital, capital city
  2. capital letter
    Synonym: majuscule
    Antonym: minuscule

Derived terms edit

Adjective edit

capitale

  1. feminine singular of capital

Further reading edit

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ka.piˈta.le/
  • Rhymes: -ale
  • Hyphenation: ca‧pi‧tà‧le

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Latin capitālis, derived from caput (head).

Adjective edit

capitale (plural capitali)

  1. (relational) head
    1. (law) capital
    2. (by extension) bitter
      Synonym: acerrimo
      nemico capitalebitter enemy
    3. (by extension) fierce
      Synonym: accanito
      odio capitalefierce hatred
  2. primary, prime, chief, main, capital
    Synonyms: essenziale, fondamentale, primario, vitale
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Etymology 2 edit

Noun use of the above adjective.

Noun edit

capitale f (plural capitali)

  1. capital city, capital
    la Capitalethe Capital (= Rome)

Noun edit

capitale m (plural capitali)

  1. (economics) capital
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Related terms edit
Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • 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

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Latin edit

Etymology edit

A nominalised form from capitālis.

Noun edit

capitāle n (genitive capitālis); third declension

  1. (Late Latin) capital crime
  2. (Late Latin) pillow
  3. (Medieval Latin, finance) capital (money)

Declension edit

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 edit

capitāle

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of capitālis

References edit

  • 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 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

capitale f

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