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capitellum

capitellum noun: synonym of capitulum.

Noun

capitellum (plural capitella)

  1. Synonym of capitulum.
    Synonyms:
    capitulum

capitellum meaning in Tamil

capitellum in Tamil

சிறு தலை உரு

Synonyms of capitellum

Forms of capitellum

pluralcapitella

Origin of capitellum

Borrowed from Latin capitellum, diminuitive of Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput- (English head), itself from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Doublet of caddie, cadel, cadet, capital, and caudillo.

Words that rhyme with capitellum

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Questions about capitellum

What does capitellum mean?
Capitellum means synonym of capitulum.
What is capitellum in Tamil?
Capitellum in Tamil is சிறு தலை உரு. See Capitellum meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is capitellum?
Capitellum is a noun.
What is the plural of capitellum?
The plural of capitellum is capitella.

Words near capitellum in the dictionary

  1. capitellacin
  2. capitellar
  3. capitellate
  4. capitellid
  5. capitellids
  6. capitellum
  7. capites
  8. Capito
  9. capitofemoral
  10. capitol
  11. Capitol Hill

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Adapted from Wiktionary: capitellum (page history and authors); capitellum (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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