Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ka.pi.toˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ca‧pi‧to‧là‧re

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin capitulāre (draw up under headings), from Latin capitulum (heading, chapter, title), diminutive of caput (head).

Verb

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capitolàre (first-person singular present capìtolo, first-person singular past historic capitolài, past participle capitolàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to capitulate, to surrender
  2. (intransitive) to yield, to bend
  3. (transitive, archaic) to divide into chapters
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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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capitolare (plural capitolari)

  1. (relational, religion) chapter; capitular
  2. (relational, law) capitulation (former agreement with certain non-Christian states, e.g. the Ottoman Empire, providing certain privileges and immunities to citizens of certain Western states)
    regime capitolareregime of capitulations

Noun

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capitolare m (plural capitolari)

  1. capitular (a collection of ordinances, laws or maritime customs, variously under the Carolingian Dynasty, in medieval Venice, and in certain civil and ecclesiastical meetings)
  2. (Christianity) capitular (name of certain medieval liturgical books read by the clergy in a chapter)

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