Standard Lemma guide

capel

name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈkeɪpəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪpəl
  • CMU ARPABET: K EY1 P AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

name

Meaning 2

A hamlet and civil parish in Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6344).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

name

Meaning 3

A village and civil parish in Mole Valley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1740).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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4

name

Meaning 4

A local government area in Western Australia; in full, the Shire of Capel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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5

name

Meaning 5

A town in south-west Western Australia, within the above shire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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6

noun

Meaning 6

Alternative spelling of caple (horse)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, obsolete

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7

noun

Meaning 7

A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: business, mining

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8

noun

Meaning 8

Alternative form of kappal (“ship”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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History

Etymology

From Old Norse [Term?] (whence Icelandic kapall), from Latin caballus.

Real reading context

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