chapitre

Etymology

From Old French chapitre, from Late Latin capitulum (“little head”), diminutive of Latin caput (“head”) (whence French chief). It was likely a semi-learned term, as it did not undergo all the normal sound changes from Latin^[1]. Doublet of capitule and capitoul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃa.pitʁ/

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Noun

chapitre m (plural chapitres)

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

References

Further reading

• “chapitre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• perchait, prêchait

Etymology

From Late Latin capitulum (“little head”).

Noun

chapitre 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