capital
Money and wealth: the means to acquire or produce goods and services, especially in a…Money and wealth: the means to acquire or produce goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
» Paris is the capital of France.
Paris ist die Hauptstadt von Frankreich.
Paris ist die Hauptstadt Frankreichs.
Париж - столица Франции.
Париж - столиця Франції.
Париж — столиця Франції.
Meaning
9 senses(uncountable)Money and wealth: the means to acquire or produce goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
Near-synonym: assets
He does not have enough capital to start a business.
Kapital
капита́лkapitál, состоя́ниеsostojánije, бога́тствоbogátstvo
капіта́лkapitál, бага́тствоbahátstvo
(uncountable)Already-produced durable goods available for use as a factor of production, such as tools and bulldozers (equipment) and office buildings (structures).
Near-synonym: assets
He pointed out that it takes both labour and capital to produce goods.
assets available for use in the production of further assets
(uncountable)The capitalist class; investors considered collectively with respect to their societal (economic, political, cultural, etc.) influence.
The markets crashing symbolized capital’s discontent with the tax reforms passed.
He warned us darkly that capital will never be sated.
(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.
Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States of America.
The Welsh government claims that Cardiff is Europe’s youngest capital.
(countable)The most important city in the field specified.
(countable)An uppercase letter.
(uncountable)Knowledge; awareness; proficiency.
Interpreters need a good amount of cultural capital in order to function efficiently in the profession.
(broadly, countable)The chief or most important thing.
(countable)The uppermost part of a column.
Kapitell, Säulenkopf
капите́льkapitélʹ
капіте́льkapitélʹ
the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
Examples
1244 sentencesParis is the capital of France.
Париж - столиця Франції.
ruПариж - столица Франции.
deParis ist die Hauptstadt von Frankreich.
Write your name in capital letters.
Напиши своє ім'я великими літерами.
ruНапиши своё имя большими буквами.
deSchreiben Sie Ihren Namen in Großbuchstaben.
Tokyo is the capital of Japan.
Токіо — столиця Японії.
ruТокио — столица Японии.
deTokyo ist die Hauptstadt von Japan.
The capital of Japan is Tokyo.
Столиця Японії - Токіо.
ruСтолица Японии — Токио.
deDie Hauptstadt von Japan ist Tokio.
Berlin is the capital of Germany.
Берлін — столиця Німеччини.
ruБерлин - столица Германии.
deBerlin ist die Hauptstadt von Deutschland.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From Middle English capital, borrowed partly from Old French capital and partly from LatinFrom 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. In the fourth sense, displaced native Old English hēafodburg, equivalent to head + borough (“city”).
From Middle English capitale, partly from Old French capital and partly from Late Latin capitellum (“capital or chapiter of a column”), a form of Latin capitulum (“head-like object or structure; chapter”) (whence English capitulum, chapter, and the synonym chapiter (“uppermost part of a column”)), from caput (“head”) + -ulum (diminutive suffix). Doublet of caddie, cadel, cadet, capitellum, and caudillo.
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Forms
plural: capitalsSynonyms
12 synonyms- the upper part of a column that supports the entablature:chapitercap
- one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis:capital letteruppercaseupper-case lettermajuscule
- the federal government of the United States:Washington
- assets available for use in the production of further assets:working capital
- a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories:Capital-cn- Critique of Political EconomyDas Kapital
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
4 patterns- the capital of
- is the capital
- capital punishment
- capital letter