"a cappella" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌæ.kəˈpɛl.ə/ [UK], /ˌæ.kæˈpɛl.ə/ [UK], /ˌɑ kəˈpɛl.ə/ [US] Audio: En-us-a cappella.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛlə Etymology: Borrowed from Italian a cappella (“in the manner of the [Sistine] chapel”), referring to non-instrumental choirs. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|a cappella||in the manner of the 􂀿Sistine􂁀 chapel}} Italian a cappella (“in the manner of the [Sistine] chapel”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-|nolinkhead=1}} a cappella (not comparable)
  1. (music) Singing solely or mainly without instrumental accompaniment. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Music Translations (singing solely or mainly without instrumental accompaniment): 清唱 (cing¹ coeng³) (Chinese Cantonese), a cappella (Hungarian), kíséret nélküli (Hungarian)
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  2. (music, US) Related to a form of purely vocal music mostly associated with American college performance groups. Tags: US, not-comparable Categories (topical): Music
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  3. (obsolete, music) alla breve. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete Categories (topical): Music
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: a capella [misspelling], acapella [misspelling], a-cappella [adjective, noun]

Adverb

IPA: /ˌæ.kəˈpɛl.ə/ [UK], /ˌæ.kæˈpɛl.ə/ [UK], /ˌɑ kəˈpɛl.ə/ [US] Audio: En-us-a cappella.ogg
Rhymes: -ɛlə Etymology: Borrowed from Italian a cappella (“in the manner of the [Sistine] chapel”), referring to non-instrumental choirs. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|a cappella||in the manner of the 􂀿Sistine􂁀 chapel}} Italian a cappella (“in the manner of the [Sistine] chapel”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-|nolinkhead=1}} a cappella (not comparable)
  1. (music) In the manner of a choir with no instrumental accompaniment. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Music Translations (performed by a choir with no instrumental accompaniment): a cappella (Afrikaans), 阿卡貝拉 /阿卡贝拉 (ākǎbèilā) (Chinese Mandarin), 無伴奏合唱 /无伴奏合唱 (wúbànzòu héchàng) (Chinese Mandarin), a cappella (Danish), a capella (Dutch), a cappella (Estonian), a cappella (Finnish), a cappella (French), a cappella (German), a cappella (Hungarian), kíséret nélkül (Hungarian), a cappella (Italian), アカペラ (akapera) (Japanese), 반주 없게 (banju eopge) (Korean), 아카펠라 (akapella) (Korean), ad sacellum (Latin), kapela (Lithuanian), waiata tahanga (Maori), a cappella (Norwegian Bokmål), بیساز (bi-sâz) (Persian), a cappella (Polish), à capela (Portuguese), a cappella (Portuguese), а капе́лла (a kapɛ́lla) (Russian), a capela (Spanish), a cappella (Swedish), sayil (Tagalog), akapella (Turkish)
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  2. (obsolete, music) In alla breve time. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete Categories (topical): Music
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: a capella [misspelling], acapella [misspelling], a-cappella [adjective, noun]

Noun

IPA: /ˌæ.kəˈpɛl.ə/ [UK], /ˌæ.kæˈpɛl.ə/ [UK], /ˌɑ kəˈpɛl.ə/ [US] Audio: En-us-a cappella.ogg Forms: a cappellas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛlə Etymology: Borrowed from Italian a cappella (“in the manner of the [Sistine] chapel”), referring to non-instrumental choirs. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|a cappella||in the manner of the 􂀿Sistine􂁀 chapel}} Italian a cappella (“in the manner of the [Sistine] chapel”) Head templates: {{en-noun|nolinkhead=1}} a cappella (plural a cappellas)
  1. (music) A vocal performance with no instrumental accompaniment. Categories (topical): Music
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Synonyms: a capella [misspelling], acapella [misspelling], a-cappella [adjective, noun]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "清唱"
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