capital

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as steam shovels (equipment) and office buildings (structures).
2. Money and wealth. The means to acquire goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
3. 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. The most important city in the field specified.
5. An uppercase letter.
6. Knowledge; awareness; proficiency.
7. The chief or most important thing.

Adj

1. Of prime importance.
2. Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation.
3. Excellent.
4. Punishable by, or involving punishment by, death.
5. Uppercase.
6. Uppercase.
7. Of or relating to the head.

Concepts

capital

capitale

majuscule

chapiteau

fonds

propriété

essentiel

principal

capitaux

fondamental

métropole

excellent excellente

admirable

ravissant

capitaux extérieurs

capitaux propres

tête

épatant

excellent

supérieur

calotte

casquette

fonds de roulement

prioritaire

lettre capitale

agglomération urbaine

cité

commune

ville

Kampala

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkæpɪtəl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.

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.