a cappella

• a capella (misspelling)
• acapella (misspelling)
• a-cappella (noun, adjective)

Borrowed from Italian a cappella (“in the manner of the [Sistine] chapel”), referring to non-instrumental choirs.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌæ.kəˈpɛl.ə/, /ˌæ.kæˈpɛl.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɑ kəˈpɛl.ə/
• Rhymes: -ɛlə

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a cappella (plural a cappellas)

1. (music) A vocal performance with no instrumental accompaniment.

a cappella (not comparable)

1. (music) In a manner of a choir with no instrumental accompaniment; literally, "in the style of the (Sistine) Chapel (in Rome)", such as a musical Mass done a cappella. [from late 19th c.][1]

   Groups of teens singing a cappella on street corners got recording contracts.

2. (obsolete, music) In alla breve time.

a cappella (not comparable)

1. (music) Singing solely or mainly without instrumental accompaniment. [First attested in the late 19th century.][1]

   An a cappella group sang during the wedding reception.

2. (music, US) Related to a form of purely vocal music mostly associated with American college performance groups.
   • 2012, Joshua S. Duchan, Powerful Voices, page 2:

     Socially, a cappella groups tend to be tight-knit ensembles in which close interpersonal relationships are formed.

3. (obsolete, music) alla breve.

Either from Dutch a capella or from English a cappella, ultimately from Italian alla cappella.

• Hyphenation: a cap‧pel‧la

a cappella

1. (music) a cappella

From Italian a cappella.

• IPA^(key): /akaˈpɛla/, [akaˈpela]
• Rhymes: -ɛla, -ela

a cappella

1. (music) a cappella (in the manner of a choir with no instrumental accompaniment)

   at synge a cappella ― to sing a cappella

   at fremføre a cappella ― to perform a cappella

   Succesen med de store oratorier kom dog aldrig til at overstråle korets interesse for at synge a cappella.

   However, the success of the great oratorios never outshone the choir's interest in singing a cappella.

• a cappella-kor or a-cappella-kor (“a cappella choir”)

• “a cappella” in Den Danske Ordbog

• a capella

Borrowed from Italian a cappella.

• IPA^(key): /a ka.pɛ.la/, /a ka.pe.la/

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a cappella (invariable)

1. (music) a cappella

a cappella

1. (music) a cappella

From a +‎ cappella (“choir of a church”).

a cappella

1. (music) a cappella

From English a cappella.

• IPA^(key): [a.ka.pe.la]
• Hyphenation: a‧ca‧ppe‧lla
• Rhymes: -la

a cappella (Jawi spelling اکاڤيلا, informal 1st possessive a cappellaku, 2nd possessive a cappellamu, 3rd possessive a cappellanya)

1. (music) a cappella

• “a cappella” in Kamus Dewan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2021, →ISBN, page 1.

• “a cappella” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Italian a cappella.

• IPA^(key): /akaˈpɛlːa/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlːa
• Hyphenation: a‧cap‧pel‧la

a cappella

1. (music) a cappella (in a manner of a choir with no instrumental accompaniment)

   synge a cappella ― sing a cappella

   fremføre a cappella ― perform a cappella

   • 1982, Bergens Tidende:

     platen vil … inneholde noen mindre motetter for kor a capella og for kor med orgel

     the plate will … contain some minor motets for choir a capella and for choir with organ

   • 1999, Håvard Rem, Bob Dylan, page 35:

     i forrige århundre hadde fargede stått i kirkekor og sunget a cappella

     in the last century, colored people had stood in church choirs and sung a cappella

• acappellakor (“a cappella choir”)
• acappellasang (“a cappella song”)

• cappella “a cappella” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “a cappella” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “a cappella” in Store norske leksikon

• a capella

Unadapted borrowing from Italian a cappella.

• IPA^(key): /a kaˈpɛl.la/

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• Rhymes: -ɛlla

a cappella (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. (music) a cappella (performed by a choir with no instrumental accompaniment)

   Synonym: wokalny

a cappella (not comparable)

1. (music) a cappella (performed by a choir with no instrumental accompaniment)

   Synonym: wokalnie

• a cappella in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• a cappella in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from Italian a cappella.

a cappella (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of à capela

• IPA^(key): /a kaˈpela/ [a kaˈpe.la]

a cappella

1. Alternative spelling of a capela

a cappella (not comparable)

1. (music) a cappella

• a cappella in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• a cappella in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)