capter
French
verb
Definitions
- to capture, to catch, to pick up
- to detect, to sense, to receive (Note: capteur means sensor)
- (informal) to understand
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin captāre.
Origin
Latin
captāre
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *reexcaptāre Latin
- captāre Latin
- captare Italian
- ricattare Italian
- riscattare Italian
- captage French
- capteur French
- nanocapteur French
- acatar Spanish, Castilian
- captar Spanish, Castilian
- catar Spanish, Castilian
- captar Portuguese
- kapti Esperanto
- căuta Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- catar Old Portuguese
- catar Asturian
- cjatâ Friulian
- catar Venetian
- catur Dalmatian