English Explanatory Dictionary

capitule

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A summary.
  2. Synonym of chapter: a reading at one of the canonical hours.
  3. The flowering head that terminates a stem, a flower or flower head.

Word forms

capitule capitules

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin capitulum (“chapter”) (diminutive of Latin caput (“head”)).

Synonyms

chapter
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on C Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary