capitule
French, noun
capitule is spelled C-A-P-I-T-U-L-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 46,652nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Capitule is a French masculine noun meaning “chapter (reading at canonical hour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of capituler. With an accent, capitulé is a different word: “past participle of capituler”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Inflorescence formée de fleurs sessiles serrées les unes contre les autres”.
What does capitule mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechapter (reading at canonical hour)
- 2
masculinecapitulum, flower head
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of capituler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Inflorescence formée de fleurs sessiles serrées les unes contre les autres. 2. Petite leçon qui se dit dans certains offices religieux catholiques après les psaumes et avant l’hymne. 3. Article d’un capitulaire.
adjective: 1. En capitule. 2. Soumis à la convention qui réglait les droits et devoirs des Suisses au service de la France. 3. Qualifie, dans les textes de l’époque, les militaires qui ont capitulé à Metz ou à Sedan en 1870.
noun: 1. Militaire qui a capitulé à Metz ou à Sedan en 1870.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of capitule
- capitules plural
- capitulée feminine
- capitulés masculine plural
- capitulées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is capitule in French?
capitule appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).