# chapitre
## English
### Noun

chapitre (plural chapitres)
* 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 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: /ʃa.pitʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

chapitre m (plural chapitres)
* chapter
* subject, issue
* (religion) chapter

#### Derived terms

* avoir voix au chapitre
* sous-chapitre

#### Related terms

* chapitrer

### References

* ↑ https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Grammaire_%C3%A9l%C3%A9mentaire_de_l%E2%80%99ancien_fran%C3%A7ais/Chapitre_2

### 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: /t͡ʃaˈpiːtrə/, /t͡ʃaˈpitrə/, /ˈt͡ʃapitrə/, /-tər/
* (Northern) IPA: /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)
** 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 unglesAnd 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