castel

== Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kasˈtɛl/ Rhymes: -ɛl Hyphenation: ca‧stèl === Noun === castel m (apocopated) apocopic form of castello === Anagrams === scelta == Middle English == === Alternative forms === castell, castelle, castle, chastel === Etymology === From late Old English castel, castell, borrowed from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum. Reinforced by Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French castel, itself also from castellum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkastəl/ === Noun === castel (plural castels) castle ==== Descendants ==== English: castle→ Tongan: kāsolo Scots: castle → Scottish Gaelic: caisteal == Old English == === Alternative forms === castell, cæstel, ċeastel === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *kastell. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɑs.tel/ === Noun === castel n or m castle town or village ==== Declension ==== masculine Strong a-stem: neuter Strong a-stem: ==== Related terms ==== ċeastel ċeaster ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: castel, castell, castelle, castle, chastel (reinforced by Old French)English: castle→ Tongan: kāsoloScots: castle→ Scottish Gaelic: caisteal == Old French == === Noun === castel oblique singular, m (oblique plural casteaus or casteax or castiaus or castiax or castels, nominative singular casteaus or casteax or castiaus or castiax or castels, nominative plural castel) (Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French) alternative form of chastel (“castle, fortress”) == Old Occitan == === Etymology === From Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French chastel. === Noun === castel m (oblique plural castels, nominative singular castels, nominative plural castel) castle (large fortified medieval building) ==== Descendants ==== Occitan: Auvergnat: chastèl Languedocien: castèl Provençal: castèu Vivaro-Alpine: chastèu === References === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “castellum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 468 == Piedmontese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kasˈtel/ === Noun === castel m castle == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin castellum (17th century). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kasˈtel/ === Noun === castel n (plural castele) castle (fortified building) Synonym: (Transylvania, archaic) coștei ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== palat === Further reading === “castel”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026