a capella
See also: acapella
English
WOTD – 22 November 2008
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌækəˈpɛlə/, /ˌɑːkəˈpɛlə/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file)
Adverb
a capella
- Misspelling of a cappella.
Adjective
a capella
- Misspelling of a cappella.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian a cappella (“in the manner of a chapel choir”, literally “from the chapel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌaː kɑˈpɛ.laː/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: a ca‧pel‧la
Adverb
- a cappella, singing without instrumental accompaniment
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a ka.pɛ.la/ ~ /a ka.pe.la/
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) Audio (France (Somain)): (file)
Adjective
- alternative spelling of a cappella
Adverb
- alternative spelling of a cappella
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Italian a cappella.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a‿kaˈpɛl.la/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛlla
- Syllabification: a ca‧pe‧lla
Adjective
a capella (not comparable, no derived adverb)
- alternative spelling of a cappella
Adverb
a capella (not comparable)
- alternative spelling of a cappella
Further reading
- a capella in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- a capella in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a kaˈpela/ [a kaˈpe.la]
- IPA(key): /a kaˈpella/ [a kaˈpel.la]
- IPA(key): /a kaˈpeʝa/ [a kaˈpe.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /a kaˈpeʎa/ [a kaˈpe.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /a kaˈpeʃa/ [a kaˈpe.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /a kaˈpeʒa/ [a kaˈpe.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
Adverb
- alternative form of a capela
Further reading
- Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “a capella”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]
- “a capella”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN