a cappella
French
adj
Definitions
- (music) a cappella
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian a cappella (from the chapel, in the manner of a chapel choir).
Origin
Italian (Fiorentino)
a cappella
Gloss
from the chapel, in the manner of a chapel choir
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- a cappella English
- a cappella Italian
- a capella Dutch, Flemish
- a capela Spanish, Castilian
- a capella Spanish, Castilian
- a capella Portuguese
- a cappella Portuguese
- a cappella Polish