English

Proper noun

Capella

1. (astronomy): A bright double star in the constellation Auriga; Alpha (α) Aurigae.

Anagrams

• Laplace

Catalan

Noun

capella f ‎(plural capelles)

1. chapel

Italian

Noun

capella f ‎(plural capelle)

1. Synonym of capretta

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of caper ‎(“goat”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈpel.la/, [kaˈpɛl.la]

Noun

capella f ‎(genitive capellae); first declension

1. A she-goat or kid
2. vocative singular of capella

capellā f

1. ablative singular of capella

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• caper
• capra

References

• capella in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• capella in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• CAPELLA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• capella in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• capella in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• capella in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Old Provençal

Etymology

From Medieval Latin, from Late Latin cappella, from cappa.

Noun

capella f ‎(oblique plural capellas, nominative singular capella, nominative plural capellas)

1. (Christianity) chapel

Descendants

• Catalan: capella
• Occitan: capèla

References

• (fr)(de) capella in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (Walther von Wartburg, 2002)

Portuguese

Noun

capella f (plural capellas)

1. Obsolete spelling of capela