chapele

Middle English

Alternative forms

• chapel, chapell, chapelle
• (Late ME) chapul, chapylle, schapell

Etymology

From Old French chapele, from Late Latin cappella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈpɛl(ə)/, /ˈt͡ʃapəl(ə)/

Noun

chapele (plural chapeles)

1. A chapel (minor place of Christian worship).
2. (rare) Any place associated with the supernatural.

Related terms

• chapeleyn

Descendants

• English: chapel
  • → Japanese: チャペル (chaperu)
  • → Korean: 채플 (chaepeul)
• Scots: chapel
• Yola: chapaal

References

• “chapele, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Alternative forms

• capele (northern)

Etymology

From Late Latin cappella, from cappa.

Pronunciation

• (classical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃaˈpɛlə/, (northern) /ka-/
• (late) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈpɛlə/, (northern) /ka-/

Noun

chapele oblique singular, f (oblique plural chapeles, nominative singular chapele, nominative plural chapeles)

1. chapel (building)
   • 12^th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:

     Une chapele est sor un mont

     [There is] a chapel on a hill

Related terms

• chape
• chapelain

Descendants

• Bourguignon: chaipâle
• Middle French: chapelle
  • French: chapelle
    • Antillean Creole: chapèl
    • → Turkish: şapel
• Norman: chapele
• → Middle English: chapele, chapel, chapell, chapelle; chapul, chapylle, schapell
  • English: chapel
    • → Japanese: チャペル (chaperu)
    • → Korean: 채플 (chaepeul)
  • Scots: chapel
  • Yola: chapaal
• → Middle Irish: seipél
  • Irish: séipéal