Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chapel

/ˈt͡ʃæp.əl/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.03 in modern English

Syllables
chapel
IPA
/ˈt͡ʃæp.əl/
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A place of worship, smaller than or subordinate to a church.

noun

A place of worship in another building or within a civil institution such as a larger church, airport, prison, monastery, school, etc.; often primarily for private prayer.

noun

A place of worship of a denomination not in conformity with the Church of England, usually Protestant; for example, of Nonconformist or Dissenter congregations.

British usage

noun

A funeral home, or a room in one for holding funeral services.

noun

A trade union branch in printing or journalism.

British usage

noun

A printing office.

noun

A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court of a prince or nobleman.

adj

Describing a person who attends a nonconformist chapel.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English chapele, chapel, from Old French chapele, from Late Latin cappella (“little cloak; chapel”), diminutive of cappa (“cloak, cape”). Doublet of capelle. Displaced native Old English bēdhūs. (printing office): Said to be because printing was first carried on in England in a chapel near Westminster Abbey.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈt͡ʃæp.əl/
  • British English: /ˈt͡ʃæp.əl/

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Places.

Inflected Forms

chapels (plural) chapels (present, singular) chapeling (US, participle) chapelling (UK, participle) chapeled (US, participle) chapeled (US, past) chapelled (UK, participle) chapelled (UK, past)

Derived Forms

antechapel chapeler chapelgoer chapelgoing chapelless chapelman chapelmaster chapelry Chapeltown chapelward chapelwarden chapelwards

Phrases

absidal chapel apse chapel apsidal chapel Chapel Allerton Chapel Brampton chapel cart Chapel Chorlton chapel de fer

Synonyms

mortuary chapel chapel service

Rhymes With

apple grapple chappell appel chapple chappel appell kappel happel cappel stapel shappell

Questions

How do you pronounce chapel?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈt͡ʃæp.əl/.
What does chapel mean?
A place of worship, smaller than or subordinate to a church.
Where does chapel come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce chapel

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