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chapitre

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English

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Noun

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chapitre (plural chapitres)

  1. Obsolete form of chapter.
    • [1528?], Jherom Bruynswyke, translated by Laurence andrew, The Vertuose Boke of Distyllacyon of the Waters of All Maner of Herbes [], [London]:
      And ſeke to this in the .xii. chapitre in the lettre D. after that ſeke for this i[sic] the xxvii. chapitre in the lettre J.
    • 1535 July 27, [Marsilius of Padua], translated by Wyllyam Marshall, The Defence of Peace: [], [London]: [] Robert wyer / for wyllyam marshall, folio 65, recto:
      [] thoſe thynges, which ſhall be ſayd hereafter, in the .ix. the .x. yͤ .xiiii. and the .xviii. chapitres of this preſent dyccyon.
    • 1565 December 3, Thomas Dorman, A Disproufe of M. Novvelles Reproufe, Antwerp: [] Iohn Laet, folio 36, verso:
      For the firſt, let Nicephorus be examined, whome you here alleage in two places, the 9. boke the 13. and the 27. chapitres. I meane the 27. for in the other chapitre there is no worde of that matter, and ſo ſhall it appeare whether you be a lyer or no.

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French chapitre, from Late Latin capitulum (little head), diminutive of Latin caput (head) (whence French chef). It was likely a semi-learned term, as it did not undergo all the normal sound changes from Latin.[1] Doublet of capitule and capitoul.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃa.pitʁ/
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Noun

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chapitre m (plural chapitres)

  1. chapter
  2. subject, issue
  3. (religion) chapter

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitulum.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˈpiːtrə/, /t͡ʃaˈpitrə/, /ˈt͡ʃapitrə/, /-tər/
  • (Northern) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaːpitər/

Noun

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chapitre (plural chapitres)

  1. A chapter, passage, or section of a book.
  2. A portion of the Bible read aloud in church.
  3. An assembly or group of clerics:
    1. A chapterhouse; a building hosting such a group.
    2. Such an assembly convoked to decide cases of canon law.
  4. (rare) A condensation or summarisation.
  5. (rare) A secular assembly.
  6. (rare) The head of a column.

Descendants

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  • English: chapter; chapiter
  • Scots: chaipter

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Old French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin capitulum (little head).

Noun

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chapitre oblique singularm (oblique plural chapitres, nominative singular chapitres, nominative plural chapitre)

  1. chapter (of a book)
    • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):
      Et de ce nous dirons plus au chapitre des maladies des ungles
      And of this, we will speak more in the chapter about diseases of the nails

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