capitol

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From Middle English Capitolie, in historical sense, from Latin Capitōlium. Other meanings from specific instances of capitol, q.v. As a French town hall, a calque of French Capitole.

From Middle English Capitolie, via Anglo-Norman capitolie, Old French capitoile, from Latin Capitōlium (“Capitoline Hill, its temples; any similar citadel”), from the oblique stem of caput (“head”) + -ō (noun-forming suffix) or -ōlus (“-ole”, diminutive suffix) + -ium (toponym-forming suffix). Compare Latin capitō and capitulum. As a French magistrate, via French capitoul, from Capitole, the town hall of Toulouse. Doublet of Capitolium and capitoul.

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: Jupiterin temppeli — temple of Jupiter in Rome
• Irish: an Caipeatól — temple of Jupiter in Rome
• Italian: Campidoglio — temple of Jupiter in Rome
• Italian: Capitolio — temple of Jupiter in Rome
• Manx: Çhiamble Yupiter — temple of Jupiter in Rome
• Portuguese: Capitólio — temple of Jupiter in Rome
• Romanian: Capitoliu — temple of Jupiter in Rome
• Russian: Капито́лий (Kapitólij) — temple of Jupiter in Rome
• Serbo-Croatian: Kapitol — temple of Jupiter in Rome
• Sicilian: Capitùgghiu — temple of Jupiter in Rome
• Sicilian: Capitùliu — temple of Jupiter in Rome
• Spanish: Templo de Júpiter — temple of Jupiter in Rome
• Spanish: Capitolino — temple of Jupiter in Rome
• Arabic: كَابِيتُول الوِلَايَات المُتَّحِدَة (kābītūl al-wilāyāt al-muttaḥida) — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Armenian: Կապիտոլիում (Kapitolium) — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Bulgarian: Капитолий — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Catalan: Capitoli — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Chinese Mandarin: 國會大廈 /国会大厦 (Guóhuì Dàshà) — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Czech: Kapitol — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Danish: Capitol — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Dutch: Capitool — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Estonian: Kapitoolium — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Finnish: Yhdysvaltain kongressitalo — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• French: Capitole des États-Unis — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• French: Capitole — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Galician: Capitolio dos Estados Unidos — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Georgian: კაპიტოლიუმი (ḳaṗiṭoliumi) — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• German: Kapitol — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Greek: Καπιτώλιο (Kapitólio) — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Hebrew: הקפיטול) (ha-qapit'ol) — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Hindi: कांग्रेस सदन (kāṅgres sadan) — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Hungarian: Capitolium — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Interlingua: capitolio — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Italian: Campidoglio — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Japanese: 連邦議会議事堂 (renpōgikai gijidō) — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Korean: 미국 의회의사당 (miguk uihoe'uisadang) — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Latin: Capitolium — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Latvian: Kapitolijs — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Lithuanian: Kapitolijus — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Manx: Thie yn Ardwhaiyl — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Navajo: Kin Náhálgaaí — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Norwegian: Capitol — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Persian: کاخ کنگره آمریکا (kâx-e kongere-ye âmrikâ) — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Polish: Kapitol Stanów Zjednoczonych — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Portuguese: Capitólio — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Romanian: Capitoliu — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Russian: Капито́лий (Kapitólij) — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Serbo-Croatian: Капитол — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Serbo-Croatian: Kapitol — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Sicilian: Capitùgghiu — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Slovak: Kapitol — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Spanish: Capitolio de los Estados Unidos — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Swedish: Kapitolium — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Thai: อาคารรัฐสภาสหรัฐอเมริกา — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Turkish: Amerikan Congre Binası — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Ukrainian: Капітолій (Kapitolij) — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Vietnamese: Điện Capitol Hoa Kỳ — legislative building in Washington, D.C.
• Catalan: capitoli — any building where a legislature meets
• Chinese Mandarin: 國會大廈 /国会大厦 (guóhuìdàshà) — any building where a legislature meets
• Finnish: but see hallintorakennus — any building where a legislature meets
• Japanese: 国会議事堂 (kokkaigijidō) — any building where a legislature meets
• Russian: капито́лий (kapitólij) — any building where a legislature meets
• Spanish: capitolio — any building where a legislature meets
• Vietnamese: thủ phủ — any building where a legislature meets