Latin Etymology From cappella + -ānus. Pronunciation (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kap.pelˈlaː.nus/, [käpːɛlˈlʲäːnʊs̠] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kap.pelˈla.nus/, [käpːelˈläːnus] Noun cappellānus m (genitive cappellānī); second declension (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) chaplain Declension Second-declension noun.More information singular, plural ... singular plural nominative cappellānus cappellānī genitive cappellānī cappellānōrum dative cappellānō cappellānīs accusative cappellānum cappellānōs ablative cappellānō cappellānīs vocative cappellāne cappellānī Close Descendants Catalan: capellà → Spanish: capellán French: chapelain → English: chaplain Italian: cappellano → Romanian: capelan Occitan: capelan → Middle French: capelan → English: capelin → Galician: capelán → Portuguese: capelão References "cappellanus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.