different between capsule vs capsicum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French capsule, from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa (“box”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kæps(?)l/
• (UK, General Australian) IPA^(key): /?kæpsju?l/, /?kæp?u?l/

Noun

capsule (plural capsules)

1. (physiology) A membranous envelope.
2. (botany) A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.
3. (botany) A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.
4. (anatomy) A tough, fibrous layer surrounding an organ such as the kidney or liver
5. (anatomy) A membrane that surrounds the eyeball
6. (astronautics) A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.
7. (pharmacy) A small container containing a dose of medicine.
8. (attributively, figuratively) in a brief, condensed or compact form
   • 1962, John F. Kennedy, We choose to go to the moon:

     If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred.

9. (winemaking) The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.
10. (chemistry, dated) A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
11. A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
12. A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.

Derived terms

• capsular
• capsule review
• capsulize
• Glissonian capsule

Translations

Verb

capsule (third-person singular simple present capsules, present participle capsuling, simple past and past participle capsuled)

1. (transitive) To form (medicine, etc.) into capsules.
2. (transitive) To encapsulate or summarize.

Anagrams

• laces up, scale up, scaleup, specula, upscale

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French capsule, from Latin capsula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?p?sy.l?/
• Hyphenation: cap?su?le
• Rhymes: -yl?

Noun

capsule f (plural capsules, diminutive capsuletje n)

1. (medicine, pharmacy) encapsulation containing drugs or supplements
2. cover over the cork and opening of a bottle

Related terms

• kapsel

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa (whence caisse).

Pronunciation

Noun

capsule f (plural capsules)

1. capsule
2. bottle cap
3. cap or primer for a gun

Derived terms

• capsulaire
• capsule temporelle
• décapsuler
• encapsuler

Further reading

• “capsule” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• spécula

Italian

Noun

capsule f

1. plural of capsula

Anagrams

• lupesca
• specula

Spanish

Verb

capsule

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of capsular.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of capsular.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of capsular.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of capsular.

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin capsicum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kapsikós, “like a box”), from Latin capsa (“box”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæps?k?m/

Noun

capsicum (plural capsicums or capsica)

1. Any of several tropical American plants, of the genus Capsicum, principally the species Capsicum annuum and Capsicum frutescens, that are cultivated as edible peppers.

   Hyponyms: cayenne pepper, paprika

2. (especially Australia) The spicy fruit of the above plants, the bell pepper.

Derived terms

• capsicum spray

Related terms

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