Translation
capital city
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Word origin
A transparent Esperanto compound: ĉef ('chief', from French chef, ultimately Latin caput, 'head') plus urbo ('city', from Latin urbs). English capital makes exactly the same move, coming straight from caput: the head city.
- Origin
- Esperanto compound of French and Latin roots
- Root
- ĉef + urbo
- English cognates
- chief, chef, capital, urban
Examples
Parizo Francio.
Paris is the capital of France.
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The capital is the biggest city in the country.
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We visited the capital during our holidays.
is the model for a whole productive pattern: ĉef bolts onto a noun to mark the chief one of its kind, giving (prime minister), ĉefstrato (high street) and ĉefvojo (main road). Learn the compound and you have learnt the recipe.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 13, lesson 12: ĉefurbo, ponto, difekti and 7 more words.