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Borrowed from Catalan castell. Doublet of cashel, castellum, castle, and château.

castell (plural castells)

1. A human tower formed in festivals in Catalonia.

• casteller

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• allects, callest, callets, callset

Inherited from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum. Compare Occitan castèl, French château, and Spanish castillo.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəsˈteʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kasˈteʎ]

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• Rhymes: -eʎ

castell m (plural castells)

1. castle (fortified structure)
2. (nautical) castle (enclosed area located above the top deck)
3. château (large house)
4. castell (human tower)

• castellà

• → English: castell
• → Spanish: castell

• “castell”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “castell” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

castell

1. alternative form of castel

Unadapted borrowing from Catalan castell. Doublet of castillo.

• IPA^(key): /kasˈtel/ [kasˈt̪el]
• Rhymes: -el

castell m (plural castells)

1. castell (human tower)

From Middle Welsh castell, from Proto-Brythonic *kastell, from Latin castellum. Compare Breton kastell, Cornish kastel.

• (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkasdɛɬ/, [ˈkʰastɛɬ]
  • (North Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkasdaɬ/, [ˈkʰastaɬ]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkasdɛɬ/, [ˈkʰastɛɬ]

castell m (plural cestyll or castelli)

1. castle (fortified building)
2. (chess) rook

• caer

Chess pieces in Welsh · darnau gwyddbwyll (layout · text)
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brenin	brenhines	castell	esgob	marchog	gwerinwr

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “castell”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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