capsule

Significado (Inglês)

Noun

1. A membranous envelope.
2. A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.
3. A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.
4. A tough, fibrous layer surrounding an organ such as the kidney or liver
5. A membrane that surrounds the eyeball
6. A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.
7. A small container containing a dose of medicine.
8. (attributive, figuratively) in a brief, condensed or compact form
9. The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.
10. (dated) A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
11. A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
12. A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
13. One of the very small rooms for guests in a capsule hotel.

Verb

1. (transitive) To form (medicine, etc.) into capsules.
2. (transitive) To encapsulate or summarize.

Conceitos

cápsula

abreviatura

compêndio

resumo

sumário

drágea

compendio

abreviação

Assento ejetor

Sinônimos

capsulise

capsulize

pill

💊

cap

ejector seat

encapsulate

hood

space capsule

ejection seat

condensation

tablet

case

abridgment

pod

condense

capsulate

pellet

abridgement

capsula

follicle

boll

pouch

👝

abstract

spaceship

detonator

dehiscent

cyst

bag

covering

diaphragm

cot

pericarp

capitulation

aril

concentrate

compendium

bursa

hydatid

compact

holster

cod

jacket

membrane

pack

bottle cap

percussion cap

guard

💂

form

cocoon

etui

Traduções

capsule

Kapsel

cápsula

càpsula

capsula

capsule

doosvrucht

κάψουλα

gélule

kapseltje

cassula

κάψα

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkæps(ə)l/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Borrowed from French capsule, from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa (“box”).