A2adjective · frequent

capital

cap·it·al

заголовний

главный, основной, капитальный, большой

Haupt-, Groß-, Kapital-

Of prime importanceOf prime importance.

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/ˈkæpɪtəl/

» 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

7 senses

(not comparable)Of prime importance.
Haupt-
гла́вныйglávnyj, основно́йosnovnój, капита́льныйkapitálʹnyj
of principal importance
(not comparable)Chief (in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation).
London and Paris are capital cities.
(UK, comparable, dated, not comparable)Excellent.
a capital fellow
That is a capital idea!
großartig
превосхо́дныйprevosxódnyj, капита́льныйkapitálʹnyj, отли́чныйotlíčnyj
(not comparable)Punishable by, or involving punishment by, death.
capital punishment; capital murder
Kapital-
(not comparable)Uppercase.
One begins a sentence with a capital letter.
Groß-
загла́вныйzaglávnyj, большо́йbolʹšój
заголовнийzaholovnyj
uppercase
Uppercase.
(not comparable)Used to emphasise greatness or absoluteness.
You're a genius with a capital G!
He's dead with a capital D!
(not comparable)Of or relating to the head.

Examples

1244 sentences

Paris is the capital of France.
Париж - столиця Франції. — aandrusiak
ruПариж - столица Франции. — naXa
deParis ist die Hauptstadt von Frankreich. — TRANG
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Write your name in capital letters.
Напиши своє ім'я великими літерами. — deniko
ruНапиши своё имя большими буквами. — Gruzilkin
deSchreiben Sie Ihren Namen in Großbuchstaben. — Dejo
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Tokyo is the capital of Japan.
Токіо — столиця Японії. — menix
ruТокио — столица Японии. — Tonari
deTokyo ist die Hauptstadt von Japan. — Wolf
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The capital of Japan is Tokyo.
Столиця Японії - Токіо. — aandrusiak
ruСтолица Японии — Токио. — afyodor
deDie Hauptstadt von Japan ist Tokio. — jerom
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Berlin is the capital of Germany.
Берлін — столиця Німеччини. — deniko
ruБерлин - столица Германии. — Balamax
deBerlin ist die Hauptstadt von Deutschland. — Esperantostern
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

uppercase:

Русский

By meaning 3

of prime importance:

(UK, dated) excellent:

uppercase:

Deutsch

By meaning 4

of prime importance:

(UK, dated) excellent:

punishable by, or involving punishment by, death:

uppercase:

Origin

From Middle English capital, borrowed partly from Old French capital and partly from Latin

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. In the fourth sense, displaced native Old English hēafodburg, equivalent to head + borough (“city”).

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