капсюль

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from French capsule, from Latin capsula.[1] Doublet of ка́псула (kápsula).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkapsʲʉlʲ]

Noun

ка́псюль • (kápsjulʹm inan (genitive ка́псюля, nominative plural ка́псюли, genitive plural ка́псюлей)

  1. percussion cap, fulminate cap, detonator, primer (metal cap on muzzleloading firearms)

Declension

References

  1. ^ Shansky, N. M., editor (1982), “капсюль”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 8 (К), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 58