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See also: Castel, castèl, and castell

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castel m (apocopated)

  1. Apocopic form of castello

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Middle English

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Etymology

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From late Old English castel, castell, borrowed from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum. Reinforced by Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French castel, itself also from castellum.

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castel (plural castels)

  1. castle

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  • English: castle
    • Tongan: kāsolo
  • Scots: castle
  • Scottish Gaelic: caisteal

Old English

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From Proto-West Germanic *kastell.

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castel n or m

  1. castle
  2. town or village

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masculine
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Old French

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castel oblique singularm (oblique plural casteaus or casteax or castiaus or castiax or castels, nominative singular casteaus or casteax or castiaus or castiax or castels, nominative plural castel)

  1. (Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French) Alternative form of chastel (castle, fortress)
    • c. 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland, lines 4–6:
      N'i ad castel ki devant lui remaigne; / Mur ne citet n'i est remes a fraindre, / Fors Sarraguce, ki est en une muntaigne.
      There's no fortress left in front of him; neither wall nor city remains to be destroyed, except for Zaragoza, which is on a mountain.

Old Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French chastel.

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castel m (oblique plural castels, nominative singular castels, nominative plural castel)

  1. castle (large fortified medieval building)

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Piedmontese

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castel m

  1. castle

Romanian

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castel

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Borrowed from Latin castellum (17th century).

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castel n (plural castele)

  1. castle (fortified building)
    Synonym: (Transylvania, archaic) coștei

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