capsula

See also: capsulá, cápsula, and càpsula

Catalan

Verb

capsula

1. inflection of capsular:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin capsula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.psu.la/
• Rhymes: -apsula
• Hyphenation: cà‧psu‧la

Noun

capsula f (plural capsule)

1. (botany, anatomy) capsule (all senses)
2. bottle cap
3. crown (in a tooth)
4. pod, boll

Derived terms

• incapsulare

Further reading

• capsula in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• scapula

Latin

Etymology

From capsa +‎ -ula.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkap.sʊ.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkap.su.la]

Noun

capsula f (genitive capsulae); first declension

1. diminutive of capsa (“box, chest”)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	capsula	capsulae
genitive	capsulae	capsulārum
dative	capsulae	capsulīs
accusative	capsulam	capsulās
ablative	capsulā	capsulīs
vocative	capsula	capsulae

Descendants

• Catalan: càpsula
• English: capsule
• French: capsule
  • → Ottoman Turkish: قاپسول (kapsül)
    • Turkish: kapsül
  • → Romanian: capsulă
• Galician: cápsula
• → German: Kapsel
• Italian: capsula
  • → Greek: κάψουλα (kápsoula)
• Occitan: capsula
• Portuguese: cápsula
• Russian: ка́псула (kápsula)
• Sicilian: casciolu, caxolu
  • → Sicilian: càpsula
• Spanish: cápsula
• Serbo-Croatian: kapsula, капсула
• Swedish: kapsel, kapsyl

References

• “capsula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “capsula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "capsula", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “capsula”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French capsuler.

Verb

a capsula (third-person singular present capsulează, past participle capsulat) 1st conjugation

1. to encapsulate

   Synonym: încapsula

Conjugation

    conjugation of capsula (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a capsula
gerund			capsulând
past participle			capsulat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	capsulez	capsulezi	capsulează	capsulăm	capsulați	capsulează
	imperfect	capsulam	capsulai	capsula	capsulam	capsulați	capsulau
	simple perfect	capsulai	capsulași	capsulă	capsularăm	capsularăți	capsulară
	pluperfect	capsulasem	capsulaseși	capsulase	capsulaserăm	capsulaserăți	capsulaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să capsulez	să capsulezi	să capsuleze	să capsulăm	să capsulați	să capsuleze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		capsulează			capsulați
	negative		nu capsula			nu capsulați

Derived terms

• capsulare

Related terms

• capsulă

References

• “capsula”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Spanish

Verb

capsula

1. inflection of capsular:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative