capitaine – French noun declension

French noun forms of capitaine

Noun: capitaine
Gender: mf Hyphenation:
Singular mcapitaine
Singular fcapitaine
Plural mcapitaines
Plural fcapitaines

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle French capitaine, from Old French capitaine, borrowed from Late Latin capitaneus, from Latin caput. Compare the inherited Old French chevetaine (whence English chieftain). Doublet of cheftaine. See: Latin Nouns 'caput'.

Verbs referencing "capitaine"

Norwegian Bokmål Nouns kaptein, Danish Nouns kaptajn.

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