chapitre

== English == === Noun === chapitre (plural chapitres) Obsolete form of chapter. == French == === Etymology === From Middle French chapitre, from Old French chapitre (also capitre, chapitle), an early borrowing from Late Latin capitulum (literally “little head”), diminutive of Latin caput (whence French chef). If inherited through Vulgar Latin, it would have yielded *cheveil. Doublet of capitule, a modern borrowing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃa.pitʁ/ === Noun === chapitre m (plural chapitres) chapter subject, issue (religion) chapter ==== Derived terms ==== avoir voix au chapitre sous-chapitre ==== Related terms ==== chapitrer === References === === Further reading === “chapitre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === perchait, prêchait == Middle English == === Alternative forms === chapitere chapetre, chapiter, chapter, chaptre, chaptyr, chapyter (Late Middle English) chaipitur, chapetere, chapetir, chapitir, chapitr, chaypitur (Northern) chapitur (Oxfordshire); capyter (Somerset); chapihtre (Worcestershire) === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitulum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˈpiːtrə/, /t͡ʃaˈpitrə/, /ˈt͡ʃapitrə/, /-tər/ (Northern) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃaːpitər/ === Noun === chapitre (plural chapitres) A chapter, passage, or section of a book. A portion of the Bible read aloud in church. An assembly or group of clerics: A chapterhouse; a building hosting such a group. Such an assembly convoked to decide cases of canon law. (rare) A condensation or summarisation. (rare) A secular assembly. (rare) The head of a column. ==== Descendants ==== English: chapter; chapiter Scots: chaipter ==== References ==== “chapī̆tre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin capitulum (“little head”). === Noun === chapitre oblique singular, m (oblique plural chapitres, nominative singular chapitres, nominative plural chapitre) chapter (of a book) ==== Descendants ==== French: chapitre Middle English: chapitre, chapitere, chapetre, chapiter, chapter, chaptre, chaptyr, chapyter (Late Middle English), chaipitur, chapetere, chapetir, chapitir, chapitr, chaypitur (Northern), chapitur (Oxfordshire), capyter (Somerset), chapihtre (Worcestershire)English: chapter; chapiterScots: chaipter