kapsel

See also: Kapsel

Danish

To kapsler med fiskeolie (laks) indeni.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -apsəl

Noun

kapsel

1. (pharmacy) capsule

Declension

Declension of kapsel

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kapsel	kapslen	kapsler	kapslerne
genitive	kapsels	kapslens	kapslers	kapslernes

See also

• (pharmacy): pille, tablet

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑp.səl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: kap‧sel

Etymology 1

From kappen +‎ -sel.

Noun

kapsel n (plural kapsels, diminutive kapseltje n)

1. haircut, hairstyle, hairdo
2. (archaic) headdress, headwear (in particular for women)

Derived terms

• afrokapsel
• bloempotkapsel
• punkkapsel
• rastakapsel

Etymology 2

From Latin capsula, probably via German Kapsel. Doublet of capsule.

Noun

kapsel n (plural kapsels, diminutive kapseltje n)

1. (physiology) capsule (enveloping membrane)

Derived terms

• eikapsel
• eiwitkapsel
• gewrichtskapsel
• sporenkapsel

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

kapsel

1. inflection of kapseln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. singular imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin capsula, via German Kapsel.

Noun

kapsel m (definite singular kapselen, indefinite plural kapsler, definite plural kapslene)

1. a capsule

References

• “kapsel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin capsula, via German Kapsel.

Noun

kapsel m (definite singular kapselen, indefinite plural kapslar, definite plural kapslane)

1. a capsule

References

• “kapsel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

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Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti

Proto-Italic *kapjō

Proto-Italic *kapsos

Latin capsa

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ula

Latin capsulabor.

Middle High German kapsel

German Kapselbor.

Polish kapsel

Borrowed from German Kapsel. Doublet of kapsuła.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkap.sɛl/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -apsɛl
• Syllabification: kap‧sel

Noun

kapsel m inan (diminutive kapselek)

1. bottle cap, bottle top, crown cap, crown cork
2. blasting cap (small explosive charge designed to detonate a larger secondary charge)

   Synonym: kapiszon

Declension

Declension of kapsel

	singular	plural
nominative	kapsel	kapsle
genitive	kapsla	kapsli
dative	kapslowi	kapslom
accusative	kapsel	kapsle
instrumental	kapslem	kapslami
locative	kapslu	kapslach
vocative	kapslu	kapsle

Derived terms

nouns

• kapsla
• kapslarz
• kapslownia
• kapslownica

verbs

• kapslować
• odkapslować
• odkapslowywać
• zakapslować

adjectives

• kapslowany
• odkapslowany
• zakapslowany

Further reading

• “kapsel”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “kapsel”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin capsula. Doublet of chassi, kapsyl, and kassa.

Noun

kapsel c

1. capsule, pod

Declension

Declension of kapsel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kapsel	kapsels
	definite	kapseln	kapselns
plural	indefinite	kapslar	kapslars
	definite	kapslarna	kapslarnas

Derived terms

• frökapsel
• kapselfrukt
• ledkapsel
• navkapsel
• plastkapsel
• rymdkapsel
• sporkapsel
• sprängkapsel
• tidskapsel
• vitlökskapsel

Related terms

• kapsla

References

• “kapsel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “kapsel”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “kapsel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• kapsel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)