capel

See also: Capel, Capel., and capèl

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkeɪpəl/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪpəl

Etymology 1

From Old Norse [Term?] (whence Icelandic kapall), from Latin caballus.

Noun

capel (plural capels)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of caple (horse)

Noun

capel (uncountable)

  1. (mining) A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.

Noun

capel (plural capels)

  1. Alternative form of kappal (“ship”)

Anagrams

Highland Popoluca

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish café.

Noun

capel

  1. coffee

Derived terms
  • capelpoot́i

References
  • Elson, Benjamin F., Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999) Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41)‎ (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 12

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh capel, borrowed from Late Latin cappella (“little cloak; chapel”), diminutive of Latin cappa (“cloak, cape”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkapɛl/

Noun

capel m (plural capeli or capelau or capelydd or capeloedd)

  1. chapel
  2. nonconformist meetinghouse or chapel

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
capel gapel nghapel chapel
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “capel”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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