chapitre

See also: chapitré

English

Noun

chapitre (plural chapitres)

1. Obsolete form of chapter.
   • [1528?], Jherom Bruynswyke, translated by Laurence andrew, The Vertuose Boke of Distyllacyon of the Waters of All Maner of Herbes […], [London]:

     And ſeke to this in the .xii. chapitre in the lettre D. after that ſeke for this i^[sic] the xxvii. chapitre in the lettre J.

   • 1535 July 27, [Marsilius of Padua], translated by Wyllyam Marshall, The Defence of Peace: […], [London]: […] Robert wyer / for wyllyam marshall, folio 65, recto:

     […] thoſe thynges, which ſhall be ſayd hereafter, in the .ix. the .x. yͤ .xiiii. and the .xviii. chapitres of this preſent dyccyon.

   • 1565 December 3, Thomas Dorman, A Disproufe of M. Novvelles Reproufe, Antwerp: […] Iohn Laet, folio 36, verso:

     For the firſt, let Nicephorus be examined, whome you here alleage in two places, the 9. boke the 13. and the 27. chapitres. I meane the 27. for in the other chapitre there is no worde of that matter, and ſo ſhall it appeare whether you be a lyer or no.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French chapitre, from Late Latin capitulum (“little head”), diminutive of Latin caput (“head”) (whence French chef). It was likely a semi-learned term, as it did not undergo all the normal sound changes from Latin. Doublet of capitule and capitoul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.pitʁ/

• Audio:

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Noun

chapitre m (plural chapitres)

1. chapter
2. subject, issue
3. (religion) chapter

Derived terms

• avoir voix au chapitre
• sous-chapitre

Related terms

• chapitrer

Further reading

• “chapitre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• perchait, prêchait

Middle English

Alternative forms

• capyter, chaipitur, chapetere, chapetir, chapetre, chapihtre, chapiter, chapitere, chapitir, chapitr, chapitur, chapter, chaptre, chaptyr, chapyter, chaypitur

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitulum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈpiːtrə/, /t͡ʃaˈpitrə/, /ˈt͡ʃapitrə/, /-tər/
• (Northern) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaːpitər/

Noun

chapitre (plural chapitres)

1. A chapter, passage, or section of a book.
2. A portion of the Bible read aloud in church.
3. An assembly or group of clerics:
   1. A chapterhouse; a building hosting such a group.
   2. Such an assembly convoked to decide cases of canon law.
4. (rare) A condensation or summarisation.
5. (rare) A secular assembly.
6. (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)

1. chapter (of a book)
   • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):

     Et de ce nous dirons plus au chapitre des maladies des ungles

     And of this, we will speak more in the chapter about diseases of the nails

Descendants

• French: chapitre
• Middle English: chapitre, capyter, chaipitur, chapetere, chapetir, chapetre, chapihtre, chapiter, chapitere, chapitir, chapitr, chapitur, chapter, chaptre, chaptyr, chapyter, chaypitur
  • English: chapter; chapiter
  • Scots: chaipter