cabdill

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cabdillo (modern caudillo), from Late Latin capitellum, based on Latin capitem (“head”). Doublet of cabdell.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəbˈdiʎ]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [kabˈdiʎ]

Noun

cabdill m (plural cabdills)

caudillo
Synonym: capitost

Further reading

“cabdill” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“cabdill”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“cabdill” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“cabdill” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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