"castellum" meaning in Latin

See castellum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kasˈtel.lum/ [Classical-Latin], [käs̠ˈt̪ɛlːʲʊ̃ˑ] [Classical-Latin], /kasˈtel.lum/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [käsˈt̪ɛlːum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From castrum (“fort”) + -lum (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|la|castrum|-lus|alt2=-lum|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=fort}} castrum (“fort”) + -lum (diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{la-noun|castellum<2>}} castellum n (genitive castellī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|castellum<2>}} Forms: castellī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], castellum [nominative, singular], castella [nominative, plural], castellī [genitive, singular], castellōrum [genitive, plural], castellō [dative, singular], castellīs [dative, plural], castellum [accusative, singular], castella [accusative, plural], castellō [ablative, singular], castellīs [ablative, plural], castellum [singular, vocative], castella [plural, vocative]
  1. castle, fort, citadel, fortress, stronghold Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-castellum-la-noun-sF7b5hGv
  2. (figuratively) a shelter, stronghold, defence, refuge Tags: declension-2, figuratively, neuter
    Sense id: en-castellum-la-noun-3RHp5FPQ
  3. a structure in which the water of an aqueduct is collected, to be distributed by pipes or channels in different directions; a reservoir Tags: declension-2, neuter
    Sense id: en-castellum-la-noun-sa-~LobY Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the second declension, Latin terms suffixed with -lus Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 30 28 42 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 25 26 48 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -lus: 30 31 39
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Castellum Menapiōrum, castilium

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Castellum Menapiōrum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "castilium"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "castial"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: castial",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: castial"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "châtél"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: châtél",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: châtél"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "chastel"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: chastel, castel (northern), chatel (late)\nAngevin: châtiau\nBourguignon: chaîteâ\nChampenois: châté (Troyen), châtiau (Troyen), tâté (Rémois)\nFranc-Comtois: tchaîtiâ\nLorrain: tchestia\nMiddle French: chasteau, chastel\nFrench: château\n→ Danish: chateau\n→ English: château, chateau\n→ Russian: шато́ (šató)\n→ Turkish: şato\n→ Ukrainian: шато́ (šató)\nNorman: châté, câté, câtel\nPicard: câtieu, câtiau (Picardie, Nord-Pas-de-Calais)\nPoitevin-Saintongeais: châtea\nWalloon: tchestea\n→ Middle Dutch: casteel\nDutch: kasteel\nAfrikaans: kasteel\nNegerhollands: kastell\n→ Mahican: găstēnik\n→ Malay: kastil\nIndonesian: kastel, kastil\n→ Papiamentu: kastel\n→ West Frisian: kastiel\nLimburgish: kestieël\nWest Flemish: kastêel, kastjil\n→ Middle High German: kastēl\nGerman: Kastell (partially)\n→ Middle English: castel, castelle, castle, chastel\nEnglish: castle\n→ Tongan: kāsolo\nScots: castle\n→ Scottish Gaelic: caisteal\n→ Middle Irish: caistél\nIrish: caistéal\nManx: cashtal\nScottish Gaelic: caisteal",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: chastel, castel (northern), chatel (late)\nAngevin: châtiau\nBourguignon: chaîteâ\nChampenois: châté (Troyen), châtiau (Troyen), tâté (Rémois)\nFranc-Comtois: tchaîtiâ\nLorrain: tchestia\nMiddle French: chasteau, chastel\nFrench: château\n→ Danish: chateau\n→ English: château, chateau\n→ Russian: шато́ (šató)\n→ Turkish: şato\n→ Ukrainian: шато́ (šató)\nNorman: châté, câté, câtel\nPicard: câtieu, câtiau (Picardie, Nord-Pas-de-Calais)\nPoitevin-Saintongeais: châtea\nWalloon: tchestea\n→ Middle Dutch: casteel\nDutch: kasteel\nAfrikaans: kasteel\nNegerhollands: kastell\n→ Mahican: găstēnik\n→ Malay: kastil\nIndonesian: kastel, kastil\n→ Papiamentu: kastel\n→ West Frisian: kastiel\nLimburgish: kestieël\nWest Flemish: kastêel, kastjil\n→ Middle High German: kastēl\nGerman: Kastell (partially)\n→ Middle English: castel, castelle, castle, chastel\nEnglish: castle\n→ Tongan: kāsolo\nScots: castle\n→ Scottish Gaelic: caisteal\n→ Middle Irish: caistél\nIrish: caistéal\nManx: cashtal\nScottish Gaelic: caisteal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "castiello"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: castiello",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: castiello"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "castelo"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: castelo\nFala: castelu\nGalician: castelo\nPortuguese: castelo (see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: castelo\nFala: castelu\nGalician: castelo\nPortuguese: castelo (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-ole",
            "2": "*castiellu"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Leonese: *castiellu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Leonese: *castiellu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "castiellu",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: castiellu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: castiellu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ext",
            "2": "castillu"
          },
          "expansion": "Extremaduran: castillu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Extremaduran: castillu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-leo",
            "2": "castiellu"
          },
          "expansion": "Leonese: castiellu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Leonese: castiellu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mwl",
            "2": "castielho"
          },
          "expansion": "Mirandese: castielho",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mirandese: castielho"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "castiello"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: castiello\nLadino: kastilyo\nSpanish: castillo (see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: castiello\nLadino: kastilyo\nSpanish: castillo (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Insular Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "casteddu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: casteddu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: casteddu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "co",
            "2": "castellu"
          },
          "expansion": "Corsican: castellu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Corsican: castellu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "castello"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: castello\n→ Albanian: kështjellë, këshqel\n→? Maltese: kastell\n→ Ottoman Turkish: قسطل (kastel), كستل (kestel)\nTurkish: kastel\n→ Interlingua: castello",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: castello\n→ Albanian: kështjellë, këshqel\n→? Maltese: kastell\n→ Ottoman Turkish: قسطل (kastel), كستل (kestel)\nTurkish: kastel\n→ Interlingua: castello"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "castiello"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: castiello",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: castiello"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "casteḍḍu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: casteḍḍu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: casteḍḍu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "North Italian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "cjiscjel",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: cjiscjel, cjistiel, čhisčhel (alternative spelling)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: cjiscjel, cjistiel, čhisčhel (alternative spelling)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "castel"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: castel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: castel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rgn",
            "2": "castèl"
          },
          "expansion": "Romagnol: castèl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romagnol: castèl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "chastè",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: chastè, casti (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: chastè, casti (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "casteło",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: casteło, castel, casteo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: casteło, castel, casteo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "kastély",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: kastély\n→ Romanian: coștei",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: kastély\n→ Romanian: coștei"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Occitano-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "castell"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: castell\n→ English: castell\n→ Spanish: castell",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: castell\n→ English: castell\n→ Spanish: castell"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc-gas",
            "2": "castèth"
          },
          "expansion": "Gascon: castèth",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gascon: castèth"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "castel"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: castel\nOccitan:\nAuvergnat: chastèl\nLanguedocien: castèl\nProvençal: castèu\nVivaro-Alpine: chastèu",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: castel\nOccitan:\nAuvergnat: chastèl\nLanguedocien: castèl\nProvençal: castèu\nVivaro-Alpine: chastèu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "castel"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: castel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: castel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "kështjel",
            "3": "këshqel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: kështjel, këshqel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: kështjel, këshqel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "arc",
            "2": "קַסְטֵל",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "qasṭēl"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Aramaic: קַסְטֵל (qasṭēl)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Aramaic: קַסְטֵל (qasṭēl)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "قَسْطَل",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: قَسْطَل (qasṭal)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: قَسْطَل (qasṭal)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "castellum",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: castellum (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: castellum (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "castellum",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: castellum (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: castellum (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "caisel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: caisel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: caisel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "caiseal"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: caiseal\n→ English: cashel",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: caiseal\n→ English: cashel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "caiseal"
          },
          "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic: caiseal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: caiseal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
            "2": "*kastell",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *kastell",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *kastell (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*kastell",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-West Germanic: *kastell",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-West Germanic: *kastell (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "castrum",
        "3": "-lus",
        "alt2": "-lum",
        "pos2": "diminutive suffix",
        "t1": "fort"
      },
      "expansion": "castrum (“fort”) + -lum (diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From castrum (“fort”) + -lum (diminutive suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "castellī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castellum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castellī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castellōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castellō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castellīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castellum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castellō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castellīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castellum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "castellum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "castellum n (genitive castellī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "castellum<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "castle, fort, citadel, fortress, stronghold"
      ],
      "id": "en-castellum-la-noun-sF7b5hGv",
      "links": [
        [
          "castle",
          "castle"
        ],
        [
          "fort",
          "fort"
        ],
        [
          "citadel",
          "citadel"
        ],
        [
          "fortress",
          "fortress"
        ],
        [
          "stronghold",
          "stronghold"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a shelter, stronghold, defence, refuge"
      ],
      "id": "en-castellum-la-noun-3RHp5FPQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "shelter",
          "shelter"
        ],
        [
          "stronghold",
          "stronghold"
        ],
        [
          "defence",
          "defence"
        ],
        [
          "refuge",
          "refuge"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) a shelter, stronghold, defence, refuge"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "figuratively",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 28 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 26 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 31 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin terms suffixed with -lus",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a structure in which the water of an aqueduct is collected, to be distributed by pipes or channels in different directions; a reservoir"
      ],
      "id": "en-castellum-la-noun-sa-~LobY",
      "links": [
        [
          "reservoir",
          "reservoir"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kasˈtel.lum/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[käs̠ˈt̪ɛlːʲʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kasˈtel.lum/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[käsˈt̪ɛlːum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "castellum"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin neuter nouns",
    "Latin neuter nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms suffixed with -lus",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Castellum Menapiōrum"
    },
    {
      "word": "castilium"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "castial"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: castial",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: castial"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "châtél"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: châtél",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: châtél"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "chastel"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: chastel, castel (northern), chatel (late)\nAngevin: châtiau\nBourguignon: chaîteâ\nChampenois: châté (Troyen), châtiau (Troyen), tâté (Rémois)\nFranc-Comtois: tchaîtiâ\nLorrain: tchestia\nMiddle French: chasteau, chastel\nFrench: château\n→ Danish: chateau\n→ English: château, chateau\n→ Russian: шато́ (šató)\n→ Turkish: şato\n→ Ukrainian: шато́ (šató)\nNorman: châté, câté, câtel\nPicard: câtieu, câtiau (Picardie, Nord-Pas-de-Calais)\nPoitevin-Saintongeais: châtea\nWalloon: tchestea\n→ Middle Dutch: casteel\nDutch: kasteel\nAfrikaans: kasteel\nNegerhollands: kastell\n→ Mahican: găstēnik\n→ Malay: kastil\nIndonesian: kastel, kastil\n→ Papiamentu: kastel\n→ West Frisian: kastiel\nLimburgish: kestieël\nWest Flemish: kastêel, kastjil\n→ Middle High German: kastēl\nGerman: Kastell (partially)\n→ Middle English: castel, castelle, castle, chastel\nEnglish: castle\n→ Tongan: kāsolo\nScots: castle\n→ Scottish Gaelic: caisteal\n→ Middle Irish: caistél\nIrish: caistéal\nManx: cashtal\nScottish Gaelic: caisteal",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: chastel, castel (northern), chatel (late)\nAngevin: châtiau\nBourguignon: chaîteâ\nChampenois: châté (Troyen), châtiau (Troyen), tâté (Rémois)\nFranc-Comtois: tchaîtiâ\nLorrain: tchestia\nMiddle French: chasteau, chastel\nFrench: château\n→ Danish: chateau\n→ English: château, chateau\n→ Russian: шато́ (šató)\n→ Turkish: şato\n→ Ukrainian: шато́ (šató)\nNorman: châté, câté, câtel\nPicard: câtieu, câtiau (Picardie, Nord-Pas-de-Calais)\nPoitevin-Saintongeais: châtea\nWalloon: tchestea\n→ Middle Dutch: casteel\nDutch: kasteel\nAfrikaans: kasteel\nNegerhollands: kastell\n→ Mahican: găstēnik\n→ Malay: kastil\nIndonesian: kastel, kastil\n→ Papiamentu: kastel\n→ West Frisian: kastiel\nLimburgish: kestieël\nWest Flemish: kastêel, kastjil\n→ Middle High German: kastēl\nGerman: Kastell (partially)\n→ Middle English: castel, castelle, castle, chastel\nEnglish: castle\n→ Tongan: kāsolo\nScots: castle\n→ Scottish Gaelic: caisteal\n→ Middle Irish: caistél\nIrish: caistéal\nManx: cashtal\nScottish Gaelic: caisteal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "an",
            "2": "castiello"
          },
          "expansion": "Aragonese: castiello",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aragonese: castiello"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "castelo"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: castelo\nFala: castelu\nGalician: castelo\nPortuguese: castelo (see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: castelo\nFala: castelu\nGalician: castelo\nPortuguese: castelo (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-ole",
            "2": "*castiellu"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Leonese: *castiellu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Leonese: *castiellu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "castiellu",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: castiellu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: castiellu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ext",
            "2": "castillu"
          },
          "expansion": "Extremaduran: castillu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Extremaduran: castillu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-leo",
            "2": "castiellu"
          },
          "expansion": "Leonese: castiellu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Leonese: castiellu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mwl",
            "2": "castielho"
          },
          "expansion": "Mirandese: castielho",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mirandese: castielho"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp",
            "2": "castiello"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish: castiello\nLadino: kastilyo\nSpanish: castillo (see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish: castiello\nLadino: kastilyo\nSpanish: castillo (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Insular Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "casteddu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: casteddu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: casteddu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "co",
            "2": "castellu"
          },
          "expansion": "Corsican: castellu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Corsican: castellu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "castello"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: castello\n→ Albanian: kështjellë, këshqel\n→? Maltese: kastell\n→ Ottoman Turkish: قسطل (kastel), كستل (kestel)\nTurkish: kastel\n→ Interlingua: castello",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: castello\n→ Albanian: kështjellë, këshqel\n→? Maltese: kastell\n→ Ottoman Turkish: قسطل (kastel), كستل (kestel)\nTurkish: kastel\n→ Interlingua: castello"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "castiello"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: castiello",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: castiello"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "casteḍḍu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: casteḍḍu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: casteḍḍu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "North Italian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "cjiscjel",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: cjiscjel, cjistiel, čhisčhel (alternative spelling)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: cjiscjel, cjistiel, čhisčhel (alternative spelling)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "castel"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: castel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: castel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rgn",
            "2": "castèl"
          },
          "expansion": "Romagnol: castèl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romagnol: castèl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "chastè",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: chastè, casti (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: chastè, casti (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "casteło",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: casteło, castel, casteo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: casteło, castel, casteo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "kastély",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: kastély\n→ Romanian: coștei",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: kastély\n→ Romanian: coștei"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Occitano-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "castell"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: castell\n→ English: castell\n→ Spanish: castell",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: castell\n→ English: castell\n→ Spanish: castell"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc-gas",
            "2": "castèth"
          },
          "expansion": "Gascon: castèth",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Gascon: castèth"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "castel"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: castel\nOccitan:\nAuvergnat: chastèl\nLanguedocien: castèl\nProvençal: castèu\nVivaro-Alpine: chastèu",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: castel\nOccitan:\nAuvergnat: chastèl\nLanguedocien: castèl\nProvençal: castèu\nVivaro-Alpine: chastèu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "castel"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: castel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: castel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "kështjel",
            "3": "këshqel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: kështjel, këshqel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: kështjel, këshqel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "arc",
            "2": "קַסְטֵל",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "qasṭēl"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Aramaic: קַסְטֵל (qasṭēl)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Aramaic: קַסְטֵל (qasṭēl)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "قَسْطَل",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: قَسْطَل (qasṭal)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: قَسْطَل (qasṭal)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "castellum",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: castellum (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: castellum (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "castellum",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: castellum (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: castellum (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "caisel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: caisel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: caisel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "caiseal"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: caiseal\n→ English: cashel",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: caiseal\n→ English: cashel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "caiseal"
          },
          "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic: caiseal",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: caiseal"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
            "2": "*kastell",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *kastell",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-Brythonic: *kastell (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*kastell",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-West Germanic: *kastell",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-West Germanic: *kastell (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "castrum",
        "3": "-lus",
        "alt2": "-lum",
        "pos2": "diminutive suffix",
        "t1": "fort"
      },
      "expansion": "castrum (“fort”) + -lum (diminutive suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From castrum (“fort”) + -lum (diminutive suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "castellī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castellum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castellī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castellōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castellō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castellīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castellum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castellō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castellīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castellum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castella",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "castellum<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "castellum n (genitive castellī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "castellum<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "castle, fort, citadel, fortress, stronghold"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "castle",
          "castle"
        ],
        [
          "fort",
          "fort"
        ],
        [
          "citadel",
          "citadel"
        ],
        [
          "fortress",
          "fortress"
        ],
        [
          "stronghold",
          "stronghold"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a shelter, stronghold, defence, refuge"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shelter",
          "shelter"
        ],
        [
          "stronghold",
          "stronghold"
        ],
        [
          "defence",
          "defence"
        ],
        [
          "refuge",
          "refuge"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) a shelter, stronghold, defence, refuge"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "figuratively",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a structure in which the water of an aqueduct is collected, to be distributed by pipes or channels in different directions; a reservoir"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reservoir",
          "reservoir"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kasˈtel.lum/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[käs̠ˈt̪ɛlːʲʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kasˈtel.lum/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[käsˈt̪ɛlːum]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "castellum"
}

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