castell

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Catalan castell. Doublet of cashel, castellum, castle, and château. === Noun === castell (plural castells) A human tower formed in festivals in Catalonia. ==== Related terms ==== casteller ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === castell on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === allects, callest, callets, callset == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum. Compare Occitan castèl, French château, and Spanish castillo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [kəsˈte̞ʎ] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [kəsˈteʎ] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [kasˈteʎ] Rhymes: -eʎ === Noun === castell m (plural castells) castle (fortified structure) (nautical) castle (enclosed area located above the top deck) château (large house) castell (human tower) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== castellà ==== Descendants ==== → English: castell → Spanish: castell ==== Further reading ==== “castell”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “castell”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Middle English == === Noun === castell alternative form of castel == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Catalan castell. Doublet of castillo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kasˈtel/ [kasˈt̪el] Rhymes: -el === Noun === castell m (plural castells) castell (human tower) == Welsh == === Etymology === From Middle Welsh castell, from Proto-Brythonic *kastell, from Latin castellum. Compare Breton kastell, Cornish kastel. === Pronunciation === (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkasdɛɬ/, [ˈkʰastɛɬ] (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈkasdaɬ/, [ˈkʰastaɬ] (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkasdɛɬ/, [ˈkʰastɛɬ] === Noun === castell m (plural cestyll or castelli) castle (fortified building) (chess) rook ==== Synonyms ==== caer ==== See also ==== === Mutation === === References === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “castell”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies