# capitular
## English
### Etymology 1

From Late Latin capitulāre, capitulārium, from Latin capitulum (“a small head, a chapter”).

#### Noun

capitular (plural capitulars)
* an act passed in a chapter
* a member of a chapter
** 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe […], →OCLC:The chapter itself, and all its members or capitulars.
* the head or prominent part

### Etymology 2

From Middle English capituler, from Medieval Latin capitulāris, from Latin capitulum (“a small head, a chapter”).

#### Adjective

capitular (not comparable)
* (botany, anatomy) pertaining to a capitulum
    the capitular process of a vertebra
* Pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter.
** 1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity‎:From the pope to the member of the capitular body.

##### Derived terms

* capitularly
* circumcapitular
* coelocapitular

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin capitulāris. First attested in 1685.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kə.pi.tuˈlar]
* IPA: (Balearic) [kə.pi.tuˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ka.pi.tuˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ

#### Adjective

capitular m or f (masculine and feminine plural capitulars)
* (relational, Christianity) (religious) chapter; capitular
* (relational, botany) capitule, inflorescence; capitular

#### Noun

capitular m (plural capitulars)
* (Christianity) capitular (member of a religious chapter)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Late Latin capitulārī. First attested in 1434.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [kə.pi.tuˈla]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ka.pi.tuˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

#### Verb

capitular (first-person singular present capitulo, first-person singular preterite capitulí, past participle capitulat)
* (intransitive) to surrender, to capitulate
* (transitive) to divide into chapters

##### Conjugation
## Portuguese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ka.pi.tuˈla(ʁ)/ [ka.pi.tuˈla(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ka.pi.tuˈla(ʁ)/ [ka.pi.tuˈla(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ka.pi.tuˈla(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ka.pi.tuˈla(ʁ)/ [ka.pi.tuˈla(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ka.pi.tuˈla(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐ.pi.tuˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐ.pi.tuˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kɐ.pi.tuˈla.ɾi/

#### Verb

capitular (first-person singular present capitulo, first-person singular preterite capitulei, past participle capitulado)
* to capitulate, to surrender

##### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ka.pi.tuˈlaʁ/ [ka.pi.tuˈlah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ka.pi.tuˈlaʁ/ [ka.pi.tuˈlah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ka.pi.tuˈlaɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ka.pi.tuˈlaʁ/ [ka.pi.tuˈlaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ka.pi.tuˈlaɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐ.pi.tuˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐ.pi.tuˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kɐ.pi.tuˈla.ɾi/

#### Adjective

capitular m or f (plural capitulares)
* (relational) chapter (of an ecclesiastical body); capitular
* (relational) capital, uppercase (of a letter)

#### Noun

capitular m or f by sense (plural capitulares)
* member of an ecclesiastical chapter; capitular

#### Noun

capitular f (plural capitulares)
* capital/uppercase letter, especially a drop cap

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ka.pi.tuˈlaʁ/ [ka.pi.tuˈlah]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ka.pi.tuˈlaʁ/ [ka.pi.tuˈlah]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ka.pi.tuˈlaɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ka.pi.tuˈlaʁ/ [ka.pi.tuˈlaχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ka.pi.tuˈlaɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐ.pi.tuˈlaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐ.pi.tuˈlaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kɐ.pi.tuˈla.ɾi/

#### Adjective

capitular m or f (plural capitulares)
* head-shaped

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French capitulaire.

### Adjective

capitular m or n (feminine singular capitulară, masculine plural capitulari, feminine and neuter plural capitulare)
* capitular

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kapituˈlaɾ/ [ka.pi.t̪uˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ca‧pi‧tu‧lar

### Verb

capitular (first-person singular present capitulo, first-person singular preterite capitulé, past participle capitulado)
* (intransitive) to capitulate, to surrender
    Synonym: rendirse

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “capitular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10