adj · name · noun · verb · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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New-Zealand:/ˈt͡ʃɛp.əl/
New-Zealand:[ˈt͡ʃɛp.əɫ]
New-Zealand:[ˈt͡ʃɛp.ɫ̩]
rhymes with -æpəl
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Describing a person who attends a nonconformist chapel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Wales, not-comparable
Examples
The village butcher is chapel.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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3
noun
Meaning 3
A place of worship, smaller than or subordinate to a church.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially
Topics: Christianity
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Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A place of worship in another building or within a civil institution such as a larger church, airport, prison, monastery, school, etc.; often primarily for private prayer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A place of worship of a denomination not in conformity with the Church of England, usually Protestant; for example, of Nonconformist or Dissenter congregations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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6
noun
Meaning 6
A funeral home, or a room in one for holding funeral services.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mortuary chapel
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
A trade union branch in printing or journalism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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8
noun
Meaning 8
A printing office.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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9
noun
Meaning 9
A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court of a prince or nobleman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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10
verb
Meaning 10
To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) to turn or make a circuit so as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: nautical, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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11
verb
Meaning 11
To deposit or inter in a chapel; to enshrine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
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12
noun
Meaning 12
a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he was late for chapel
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chapel service
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: service, religious service, divine service
13
noun
Meaning 13
a place of worship that has its own altar
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: place of worship, house of prayer, house of God, house of worship
Narrower terms: chantry, lady chapel, side chapel, Sistine Chapel
History
Etymology
From Middle English chapele, chapel, from Old French chapele, from Late Latin cappella (“little cloak; chapel”), diminutive of cappa (“cloak, cape”). Doublet of capelle. Displaced native Old English bēdhūs. (printing office): Said to be because printing was first carried on in England in a chapel near Westminster Abbey.
Across languages
Translations
129 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
kapel
— place of worship
Albanian:
vend falje
— place of worship
Albanian:
tempull
— place of worship
Arabic:
مُصَلًّى
(muṣallan)
— place of worship
Arabic:
كَنِيسَة
(kanīsa)
— place of worship
Armenian:
մատուռ
(matuṙ)
— place of worship
Old Armenian:
մատուռն
(matuṙn)
— place of worship
Asturian:
capiella
— place of worship
Asturian:
capiya
— place of worship
Azerbaijani:
kapella
— place of worship
Azerbaijani:
ibadətgah
— place of worship
Azerbaijani:
musalla
— place of worship
Bashkir:
ғибәҙәтхана
(ğibəźətxana)
— place of worship
Belarusian:
каплі́ца
(kaplíca)
— place of worship
Bengali:
চ্যাপেল
(cêpel)
— place of worship
Bengali:
মুসল্লা
(muśolla)
— place of worship
Bulgarian:
пара́клис
(paráklis)
— place of worship
Catalan:
capella
— place of worship
Chinese Cantonese:
禮拜堂 /礼拜堂
(lai5 baai3 tong4)
— place of worship
Chinese Mandarin:
禮拜堂 /礼拜堂
(lǐbàitáng)
— place of worship
Czech:
kaple
— place of worship
Danish:
kapel
— place of worship
Dutch:
kapel
— place of worship
Egyptian:
kA:r-O18
(kꜣr)
— place of worship
Esperanto:
preĝejeto
— place of worship
Esperanto:
kapelo
— place of worship
Estonian:
kabel
— place of worship
Etruscan:
𐌚𐌀𐌍𐌖 class inanimate
(fanu)
— place of worship
Etruscan:
𐌘𐌀𐌍𐌖 class inanimate
(φanu)
— place of worship
Etruscan:
𐌇𐌀𐌍𐌖 class inanimate
(hanu)
— place of worship
Finnish:
kappeli
— place of worship
Finnish:
rukoushuone
— place of worship
Finnish:
tsasouna
— place of worship
French:
chapelle
— place of worship
Friulian:
capele
— place of worship
Galician:
capela
— place of worship
Georgian:
სამლოცველო
(samlocvelo)
— place of worship
Georgian:
კაპელა
(ḳaṗela)
— place of worship
German:
Kapelle
— place of worship
Greek:
παρεκκλήσι
(parekklísi)
— place of worship
Greek:
εξωκκλήσι
(exokklísi)
— place of worship
Hebrew:
קָפֶּלָה
(kapla)
— place of worship
Hindi:
चैपल
(caipal)
— place of worship
Hindi:
नमाज़गाह
(namāzgāh)
— place of worship
Hindi:
मुसल्ला
(musallā)
— place of worship
Hungarian:
kápolna
— place of worship
Icelandic:
kapella
— place of worship
Indonesian:
kapel
— place of worship
Indonesian:
musala
— place of worship
Ingrian:
cäsönä
— place of worship
Irish:
séipéal
— place of worship
Irish:
teach pobail
— place of worship
Italian:
cappella
— place of worship
Italian:
chiesetta
— place of worship
Japanese:
チャペル
(chaperu)
— place of worship
Japanese:
礼拝堂
— place of worship
Kapampangan:
bisitas
— place of worship
Kapampangan:
kapilya
— place of worship
Kapampangan:
tuklung
— place of worship
Kazakh:
ғибадатхана
(ğibadatxana)
— place of worship
Konkani:
कोपेल
(kopel)
— place of worship
Korean:
예배당
(yebaedang)
— place of worship
Korean:
례배당
(ryebaedang)
— place of worship
Korean:
채플
(chaepeul)
— place of worship
Kyrgyz:
ибадаткана
(ibadatkana)
— place of worship
Latin:
sacellum
— place of worship
Latin:
aedicula
— place of worship
Latin:
sacrārium
— place of worship
Latvian:
kapela
— place of worship
Lithuanian:
koplyčia
— place of worship
Macedonian:
параклис
(paraklis)
— place of worship
Macedonian:
капела
(kapela)
— place of worship
Malay:
kapel
— place of worship
Malay:
musala
— place of worship
Maltese:
kappella
— place of worship
Middle English:
chapele
— place of worship
Mongolian:
жижиг сүм
(žižig süm)
— place of worship
Norman:
chapelle
— place of worship
Norwegian Bokmål:
kapell
— place of worship
Norwegian Nynorsk:
kapell
— place of worship
Occitan:
capèla
— place of worship
Old English:
bēdhūs
— place of worship
Pashto:
مصله
(masala)
— place of worship
Pashto:
مصلا
(mosalã)
— place of worship
Persian:
نمازخانه
(namâzxâne)
— place of worship
Persian:
مصلی
(mosallâ)
— place of worship
Persian:
نمازگاه
(namâzgâh)
— place of worship
Polish:
kaplica
— place of worship
Portuguese:
capela
— place of worship
Romanian:
capelă
— place of worship
Russian:
часо́вня
(časóvnja)
— place of worship
Russian:
капе́лла
(kapɛ́lla)
— place of worship
Russian:
капли́ца
(kaplíca)
— place of worship
Sardinian:
capedda
— place of worship
Scottish Gaelic:
caibeal
— place of worship
Serbo-Croatian:
капе́ла
— place of worship
Serbo-Croatian:
kapéla
— place of worship
Slovak:
kaplnka
— place of worship
Slovene:
kapela
— place of worship
Spanish:
capilla
— place of worship
Swahili:
chapeli
— place of worship
Swahili:
kikanisa
— place of worship
Swedish:
kapell
— place of worship
Tagalog:
tuklong
— place of worship
Tagalog:
kapilya
— place of worship
Tajik:
намозхона
(namozxona)
— place of worship
Tajik:
мусалло
(musallo)
— place of worship
Tajik:
намазгоҳ
(namazgoh)
— place of worship
Tatar:
гыйбадәтханә
(ğıybadätxanä)
— place of worship
Thai:
โบสถ์น้อย
— place of worship
Thai:
โบสถ์
(bòot)
— place of worship
Turkish:
küçük kilise
— place of worship
Turkish:
şapel
— place of worship
Turkish:
musalla
— place of worship
Turkmen:
ybadathana
— place of worship
Turkmen:
musalla
— place of worship
Ukrainian:
капли́ця
(kaplýcja)
— place of worship
Urdu:
مصلی
(musallā)
— place of worship
Urdu:
چیپل
(caipal)
— place of worship
Urdu:
نمازگاہ
(namāzgāh)
— place of worship
Uyghur:
ئىبادەتخانا
(ibadetxana)
— place of worship