capital

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (uncountable) Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as steam shovels (equipment) and office buildings (structures).
2. (uncountable) Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
3. (countable) A city designated as a legislative seat by the government or some other authority, often the city in which the government is located; otherwise the most important city within a country or a subdivision of it.
4. (countable) The most important city in the field specified.
5. (countable) An uppercase letter.
6. (uncountable) Knowledge; awareness; proficiency.
7. (broadly, countable) The chief or most important thing.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Of prime importance.
2. (not-comparable) Chief (in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation).
3. (UK, comparable, dated, not-comparable) Excellent.
4. (not-comparable) Punishable by, or involving punishment by, death.
5. (not-comparable) Uppercase.
6. (not-comparable) Uppercase.
7. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the head.

Intj

used as an expression of approval, satisfaction, or delight.

Concepts

capital

capitale

majuscule

fonds

chapiteau

🎪

propriété

essentiel

principal

métropole

capitaux

fondamental

admirable

excellent excellente

fonds de roulement

Kampala

lettre capitale

prioritaire

capitaux propres

calotte

capitaux extérieurs

casquette

cité

🏙️

commune

épatant

excellent

ravissant

supérieur

tête

ville

🏙️

agglomération urbaine

Synonymes

metropolis

principal

capital city

property

fund

funds

capital letter

majuscule

city

🏙️

estate

assets

money

💸

main

stock

uppercase

asset

ownership

upper case

chief

great

town

🏙️

central

splendid

prime

leading

primary

center

wealth

cap

superb

metropolitan

investment

upper-case letter

fortune

finances

block capital

excellent

smashing

capitol

sublime

beautiful

cost

resources

seat

💺

major

groovy

head

magnificent

peachy

chapiter

Traductions

capitale

capital

Kapital

Hauptstadt

hoofdstad

mayúscula

kapitaal

başkent

capitello

maiuscolo

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkæpɪtəl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: capital

Appartenant à anglais: cap

Hérité de moyen anglais: capitale

In summary

From Middle English capital, borrowed partly from Old French capital and partly from Latin capitālis (“of the head”) (in sense “head of cattle”), from caput (“head”) (English cap) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives). Use in trade and finance originated in Medieval economies when a common but expensive transaction involved trading heads of cattle. The noun is from the adjective.
Compare chattel and kith and kine (“all one’s possessions”), which also use “cow” to mean “property”.
Doublet of cattle and chattel.

Phrases

The asteroid is named after the Japanese capital Tokyo .

L'astéroïde porte le nom de la capitale japonaise Tokyo.

Smith supports capital punishment .

Smith soutient la peine capitale.

It is the capital of Zamfara State .

C'est la capitale de l'État de Zamfara.

The organisation was again profitable and repaying its capital costs .

L'organisation était à nouveau rentable et remboursait ses coûts en capital.