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capital

/ka.pi.tal/

noun, masculine/ka.pi.tal/plural: capitaux

capital (money and wealth)

Borrowed from Latin capitālis. Doublet of cheptel.

adjective/ka.pi.tal/

capital (important)

La peine capitale est abolie en France depuis les années 1980.Capital punishment was abolished in France in the 1980s.

Related: navire capital, péché capital, peine capitale

Borrowed from Latin capitālis. Doublet of cheptel.