chapter

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. One of the main sections into which a published work is divided, especially a book.
2. One of the main sections into which a published work is divided, especially a book.
3. Certain ecclesiastical bodies (under canon law)
4. Certain ecclesiastical bodies (under canon law)
5. Certain ecclesiastical bodies (under canon law)
6. A section of a social body.
7. A section of a social body.
8. A meeting of a chapter of certain organized societies or orders.
9. A chapter house
10. A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.
11. (obsolete) A location or compartment.
12. A prescribed reading at one of the canonical hours.

Verb

1. To divide into chapters.
2. To put into a chapter.
3. To use administrative procedure to remove someone.
4. (transitive) To take to task.

Concepts

chapitre

section

service

branche

tête

titre

volet

Synonymes

section

part

branch

division

grade

rank

canto

volume

phase

stage

article

paragraph

portion

episode

lesson

set

segment

block

subject

bough

title

essay

facility

figure

fragment

function

fund

headcount

job

level

member

moment

nest

nexus

number

🔢

office

🏢

pack

passage

period

piece

plot

point

position

post

precinct

principal

printing

reach

recess

reprove

Traductions

Kapitel

capítulo

capitolo

hoofdstuk

κεφάλαιο

capítulo

capítol

bölüm

Abschnitt

kapittel

فصل

caput

Sektion

chapiter

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈt͡ʃæptə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: chapiter

In summary

From Middle English chapitre, from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitulum (“a chapter of a book, in Medieval Latin also a synod or council”), diminutive of caput (“a head”); see capital, capitulum, and chapiter, which are doublets of chapter.