capellán

Spanish

Etymology

Perhaps borrowed from Old Occitan capelan, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappellānus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kapeˈʝan/ [ka.peˈʝãn]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kapeˈʝan/ [ka.peˈʝãn]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /kapeˈʎan/ [ka.peˈʎãn]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kapeˈʃan/ [ka.peˈʃãn]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kapeˈʒan/ [ka.peˈʒãn]

• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ca‧pe‧llán

Noun

capellán m (plural capellanes)

1. chaplain

Related terms

• capilla

 

Further reading

• “capellán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28