capela

See also: capelă, capelã, and capeła

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese capela, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappella (little cloak; chapel), diminutive of cappa (cloak, cape). Cognate with Portuguese capela, Spanish capilla, Catalan capella, Occitan capèla, French chapelle, Italian cappella and Romanian capelă.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈpɛla̝/

Noun

capela f (plural capelas)

  1. (religion) chapel (small Christian place of worship)
  2. fleece of a sheep
  3. layer
  4. eyelid
  5. cap which covers the tip of a traditional palleiro ("haystack")
  6. hood
    Synonym: muradá

Derived terms

References

  • capela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • capela” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • capela” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • capela” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • capela” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

capela

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Portuguese capela (chapel), from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappella (little cloak; chapel), diminutive of cappa (cloak, cape). Cognate with Galician capela, Spanish capilla, Catalan capella, Occitan capèla, French chapelle, Italian cappella and Romanian capelă.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐ.ˈpɛ.lɐ/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧pe‧la

Noun

capela f (plural capelas)

  1. (religion) chapel (small Christian place of worship)
  2. (chemistry) fume hood (a ventilated compartment in which chemical procedures may be undertaken)

Synonyms


Spanish

Noun

capela

  1. Only used in a capela

Venetian

Alternative forms

Etymology

See capeła. Compare Italian cappella

Noun

capela f (plural capele)

  1. error, mistake
  2. head (of a nail)
  3. glans penis
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