Borrowed fromItaliana cappella(“in the manner of the [Sistine] chapel”), referring to non-instrumental choirs.
a cappella (plurala cappellas)
- (music) A vocal performance with noinstrumentalaccompaniment.
a cappella (notcomparable)
- (music) In the manner of achoir with noinstrumentalaccompaniment.[from late 19th c.][1]
Groups of teens singinga cappella on street corners got recording contracts.
- (obsolete, music) Inalla breve time.
performed by a choir with no instrumental accompaniment
a cappella (notcomparable)
- (music) Singing solely or mainly without instrumental accompaniment.[First attested in the late 19th century.][1]
Ana cappella group sang during the wedding reception.
- (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.
- (obsolete, music)alla breve.
singing solely or mainly without instrumental accompaniment
- ↑1.01.1Brown, Lesley, ed.The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. 5th. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Either fromDutcha capella or fromEnglisha cappella, ultimately fromItalianallacappella.
a cappella
- (music)a cappella
FromItaliana cappella.
acappella
- (music)a cappella(in the manner of achoir with noinstrumentalaccompaniment)
- at syngea cappella ―to singa cappella
- at fremførea cappella ―to performa cappella
Succesen med de store oratorier kom dog aldrig til at overstråle korets interesse for at syngea cappella.- However, the success of the great oratorios never outshone the choir's interest in singinga cappella.
Borrowed fromItaliana cappella.
- IPA(key): /a ka.pɛ.la/ ~/a ka.pe.la/
acappella (invariable)
- (music)a cappella
acappella
- (music)a cappella
Froma +cappella(“choir of a church”).
acappella
- (music)a cappella
- a kapela(1924-1972)
FromEnglisha cappella.
- IPA(key): [a.ka.pe.la]
- Hyphenation:a‧ca‧ppe‧lla
- Rhymes:-la
a cappella (Jawi spellingاکاڤيلا)
- (music)a cappella
Et a cappellaband. — An a cappella band.FromItaliana cappella.
- IPA(key): /akaˈpɛlːa/
- Rhymes:-ɛlːa
- Hyphenation:a‧cap‧pel‧la
acappella
- (music)a cappella(in a manner of achoir with noinstrumentalaccompaniment)
- syngea cappella ―singa cappella
- fremførea cappella ―performa 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, page35: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
Unadapted borrowing fromItaliana cappella.
- IPA(key): /a‿kaˈpɛl.la/
- Rhymes:-ɛlla
- Syllabification:a ca‧ppel‧la
a cappella (notcomparable,no derived adverb)
- (music)a cappella(performed by a choir with no instrumental accompaniment)
- Synonym:wokalny
a cappella (notcomparable)
- (music)a cappella(performed by a choir with no instrumental accompaniment)
- Synonym:wokalnie
- a cappella inWielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- a cappella in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Unadapted borrowing fromItaliana cappella.
a cappella (notcomparable)
- alternative form ofà capela
- IPA(key): /a kaˈpela/[a kaˈpe.la]
- Syllabification:a cap‧pe‧lla
acappella
- alternative spelling ofa capela
acappella (notcomparable)
- (music)a cappella
