chapitre

Meaning

  1. chapter
  2. subject, issue
  3. chapter

Frequency

B2
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃa.pitʁ/
Etymology

Inherited from Old French chapitre, from Late Latin capitulum (“little head”), diminutive of Latin caput (“head”) (whence French chef). It was likely a semi-learned term, as it did not undergo all the normal sound changes from Latin. Doublet of capitule and capitoul.

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