cappella
Italian
Etymology
From Medieval Latin or Late Latin cappella, from the diminutive of cappa.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛlla
Noun
cappella f (plural cappelle)
- A chapel (in all senses)
- A choir and accompanying musicians assigned to a church
- A cap (of a mushroom)
- (slang, the apex of the penis) A head, a glans
Synonyms
- (4) glande
Related terms
Latin
Etymology
cappa (“cape; coat”) + -ellus (diminutive suffix). Originally referred to a little cloak or cape. The sense of "chapel" derives from the story of St. Martin of Tours, in which he tore his military cloak in half, giving it to a beggar while stationed in Gaul, and dreamed of Christ wearing it afterward. This venerated relic was later preserved in sanctuaries by the Franks, which were given the name cappella.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kapˈpel.la/, [käpˈpɛlːʲä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kapˈpel.la/, [käpˈpɛlːä]
Noun
cappella f (genitive cappellae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cappella | cappellae |
Genitive | cappellae | cappellārum |
Dative | cappellae | cappellīs |
Accusative | cappellam | cappellās |
Ablative | cappellā | cappellīs |
Vocative | cappella | cappellae |
Derived terms
Descendants
Categories:
- Italian terms derived from Medieval Latin
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- Italian terms derived from Late Latin
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛlla
- Italian lemmas
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- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian slang
- Italian terms inherited from Latin
- it:Christianity
- it:Places of worship
- it:Religion
- Latin terms suffixed with -ellus
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
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- Latin feminine nouns
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