Meanings
adjectivecapillary (comparative more capillary, superlative most capillary)
comparative more capillary · superlative most capillary
- Resembling or pertaining to hair, especially in slenderness or fineness.
- Of or pertaining to a narrow tube.
- Of, relating to, or caused by surface tension.
- Of or relating to capillaries in the body or to capillary action.
nouncapillary (plural capillaries)
plural capillaries
- chemistryA tube or channel having a very small internal diameter, through which liquid can rise or be drawn by capillary action.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action
Similar
capillary tubecapillary tubing
nounany of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules
Similar
capillary vessel
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincapillāris“pertaining to the hair”
- Englishcapillary
From Latin capillāris (“pertaining to the hair”), from capillus (“the hair, properly of the head”), from caput (“head”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic شُعَيْرَة دَمَوِيَّة
- شُعَيْرَة دَمَوِيَّة (šuʕayra damawiyya)any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Bengali কৈশিক
- কৈশিক (kōiśik)any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Bulgarian капиля́р, капиля́р
- капиля́р (kapiljár)any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
- капиля́р (kapiljár)narrow tube
Catalan capil·lar
- capil·larany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Chinese Cantonese 微絲血管 /微丝血管
- 微絲血管 /微丝血管 (mei⁴ si¹ hyut³ gun²)any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Chinese Mandarin 毛細管 /毛细管, 微血管
- 毛細管 /毛细管 (máoxìguǎn)any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
- 微血管 (wēixuèguǎn, wēixiěguǎn)any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
- 毛細血管 /毛细血管 (máoxìxuèguǎn, máoxìxiěguǎn)any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Czech vlásečnice, kapilára
- vlásečniceany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
- kapiláraany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Danish kapillær
- kapillærany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Dutch haarvat, capillair
- haarvatany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
- capillairany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Esperanto kapilaro
- kapilaroany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Estonian kapillaar
- kapillaarany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Finnish hiussuoni, hiusputki
- hiussuoniany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
- hiusputkinarrow tube
French capillaire
- capillaireany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
German Kapillare
- Kapillareany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Greek τριχοειδές αγγείο
- τριχοειδές αγγείο (trichoeidés angeío)any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Hebrew נִים
- נִים (nim)any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Hindi केशिका
- केशिका (keśikā)any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Hungarian kapilláris, hajszálér
- kapillárisany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
- hajszálérany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
- hajszálcsőnarrow tube
- kapillárisnarrow tube
Icelandic háræð
- háræðany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Indonesian kapiler
- kapilerany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Italian capillare, vaso capillare
- capillareany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
- vaso capillareany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Japanese 毛細血管, 毛管
- 毛細血管 (mōsaikekkan)any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
- 毛管 (mōkan)any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
- 毛細管 (mōsaikan)any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Korean 모세관, 모세혈관
- 모세관 (mosegwan)any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
- 모세혈관 (mosehyeolgwan)any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Latvian kapilārs
- kapilārsany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Lithuanian kapiliaras
- kapiliarasany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Malay kapilari, rerambut
- kapilariany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
- rerambutany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Māori ngongo rauangi
- ngongo rauanginarrow tube
Norwegian Bokmål kapillar, kapillar
- kapillarany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
- kapillarnarrow tube
Persian مویرَگ
- مویرَگ (muyrag)any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Polish kapilara, włośniczka
- kapilaraany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
- włośniczkaany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
- naczynie włosowateany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
- naczynie kapilarneany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
- kapilaranarrow tube
Portuguese capilar
- capilarany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Romanian vas capilar, capilar
- vas capilarany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
- capilarany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Russian капилля́р, капилля́р
- капилля́р (kapilljár)any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
- капилля́р (kapilljár)narrow tube
Slovak vlásočnica, kapilára
- vlásočnicaany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
- kapiláraany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Spanish capilar, capilaria
- capilarany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
- capilarianarrow tube
Swahili kapilari
- kapilariany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Swedish kapillär
- kapillärany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Tagalog lamuymoy, kapilaryo
- lamuymoyany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
- kapilaryoany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Thai หลอดเลือดฝอย, เส้นเลือดฝอย
- หลอดเลือดฝอย (lɔ̀ɔt-lʉ̂ʉat-fɔ̌i)any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
- เส้นเลือดฝอย (sêen-lʉ̂ʉat-fɔ̌i)any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Turkish kılcal damar, kapiler
- kılcal damarany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
- kapilerany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Ukrainian капіля́р
- капіля́р (kapiljár)any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Urdu کیشکا
- کیشکا (keśikā)any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Vietnamese mao mạch
- mao mạchany of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Yiddish אָדערל
- אָדערל (oderl)any of small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with capillary
Hilaryauxiliaryancillaryaxillarypapillarymaxillaryfritillarypillorypupillaryarmillaryneurofibrillarybacillarysubmaxillaryadmaxillaryantennomaxillarybimaxillarycircummaxillarycodicillarycoronomaxillarydentomaxillaryethmomaxillaryfaciomaxillaryfrontomaxillaryinframaxillary
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
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“capillary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capillary. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “capillary,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/capillary.
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