| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| a cappella |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a cap·pel·la |
| PRONUNCIATION: | ä k -p l  |
| ADVERB: | Music Without instrumental accompaniment. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Italian : a, in the manner of + cappella, chapel, choir.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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