capstone

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• General-American: /ˈkæpˌstoʊn/
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From Middle English capston; equivalent to cap + stone.

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• German: Mauerkronenstein — any of the stones making up the top layer of a wall
• Greek: επιστέγασμα (epistégasma) — any of the stones making up the top layer of a wall
• Icelandic: lokasteinn — any of the stones making up the top layer of a wall
• Icelandic: höfuðsteinn — any of the stones making up the top layer of a wall
• Manx: clagh vullee — any of the stones making up the top layer of a wall
• Spanish: coronamiento — any of the stones making up the top layer of a wall
• Spanish: coronación — any of the stones making up the top layer of a wall
• Danish: krone på værket — a crowning achievement
• Dutch: bekroning — a crowning achievement
• Dutch: sluitsteen — a crowning achievement
• French: couronnement — a crowning achievement
• German: Höhepunkt — a crowning achievement
• German: Krönung — a crowning achievement
• Greek: επιστέγασμα (epistégasma) — a crowning achievement
• Icelandic: kórónan á verk (ið) — a crowning achievement
• Italian: coronamento — a crowning achievement
• Khmer: សមិទ្ធិផលធំធេង (sâmĭtthĭphlôthumthéng) — a crowning achievement
• Russian: венец (venec) — a crowning achievement
• Spanish: logro coronador — a crowning achievement
• Spanish: culminación — a crowning achievement
• Spanish: curso culminante — a crowning achievement
• Spanish: curso apoteósico — a crowning achievement
• Spanish: curso apoteótico — a crowning achievement
• Swedish: krona på verket — a crowning achievement