capelin
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capelin
- /ˈkæpəlɪn/
- /ˈkæplɪn/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French capelan, from Provençal and Old Occitan capelan, from Late Latin cappellānus (“chaplain”). Doublet of chaplain.
noun capelins · capelin
- A fish of species Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans. The birds are spread - so that we can see what they are like; and the men catching capelins are elevated up out of the umiak, where they practically float on the gunwale, so that we can perceive that they are the main figures and see their work-movements (fig. 250).
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Talk about this word "capelin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/capelin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. capelin. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/capelin "capelin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/capelin.Cite this
@misc{capelin_2026,
title = {capelin},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/capelin},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
