capitel

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian capitello. Doublet of cabedelo, coudel, caudilho, capitelo, and cadete.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ka.piˈtɛw/ [ka.piˈtɛʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.piˈtɛl/ [kɐ.piˈtɛɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ.piˈtɛ.li/

Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl
Hyphenation: ca‧pi‧tel

Noun

capitel m (plural capitéis)

(architecture) capital (uppermost part of a column)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian capitello or Latin capitellum.

Noun

capitel n (plural capiteluri)

(architecture) capital (uppermost part of a column)

Spanish

Un capitel jónico

Etymology

From Old Occitan capitel. Doublet of caudillo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kapiˈtel/ [ka.piˈt̪el]
Rhymes: -el
Syllabification: ca‧pi‧tel

Noun

capitel m (plural capiteles)

(architecture) capital; chapiter (uppermost part of a column)
- 1978, René Taylor, Arquitectura andaluza:
  El elemento más llamativo del revestimiento de yeso son sin duda alguna los capiteles de los pilares
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

capitel compuesto (composite capital)
capitel corintio
capitel dórico
capitel jónico
capitel toscano

Further reading

“capitel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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