capsular

capsule +‎ -ar

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capsular (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a capsule.
   • 1837, Sir Astley Cooper, Principles and Practice of Surgery:

     Four muscles are destined to move the os humeri, and to strengthen the capsular ligament.

   • 2004, Impacts Of Antibiotic-resistant Bacteria:

     Researchers are pursuing vaccines made of capsular polysaccharide types 5 and 8, […]

• crapulas, scapular

From càpsula (“capsule”) +‎ -ar (“adjectival suffix”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kəp.suˈlar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kəp.suˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [kap.suˈlaɾ]

capsular m or f (masculine and feminine plural capsulars)

1. capsular

• capsuliforme

From càpsula (“capsule”) +‎ -ar (“infinitive suffix”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəp.suˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [kap.suˈlaɾ]

capsular (first-person singular present capsulo, first-person singular preterite capsulí, past participle capsulat)

1. (transitive) to cap (wine or champagne)

• capsulador
• capsulament

• encapsular

• “capsular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Borrowed from French capsulaire.

capsular m or n (feminine singular capsulară, masculine plural capsulari, feminine and neuter plural capsulare)

1. capsular

• IPA^(key): /kabsuˈlaɾ/ [kaβ̞.suˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cap‧su‧lar

From cápsula (“capsule”) +‎ -ar (adjective-forming suffix).

capsular m or f (masculine and feminine plural capsulares)

1. capsular

From cápsula (“capsule”) +‎ -ar (verb-forming suffix).

capsular (first-person singular present capsulo, first-person singular preterite capsulé, past participle capsulado)

1. to cap

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