chapiteau

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French chapitel, from Late Latin capitellum (likely a semi-learned borrowing), from Latin capitulum, ultimately from caput (“head”), whence also French chef. Doublet of cadeau and cadet, borrowings from Occitan, and caudillo, a borrowing from Spanish. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃa.pi.to/ === Noun === chapiteau m (plural chapiteaux) a circus tent, or any similar set-up used for spectacles or events (architecture) the capital of a column, baluster or similar structure (aeronautics) the conical part at the front end of a rocket (chemistry) the top part of an alembic, where condensation occurs ==== Descendants ==== → Asturian: chipitéu → Bulgarian: шапито (šapito) → Czech: šapitó === Further reading === “chapiteau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012