What does cappella in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word cappella in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use cappella in Italian.

The word cappella in Italian means chapel, shrine, choir, cap, mistake, blunder, glans, a cappella, family chapel, mortuary chapel, papal chamber, make a grave mistake, make a major mistake. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word cappella

chapel

sostantivo femminile (piccola chiesa) (small church)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La cappella è stata recentemente restaurata.
The chapel has been recently restored.

shrine

sostantivo femminile (tabernacolo)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La cappella è interamente affrescata con un ciclo sulla vita di San Francesco.
A side chapel was dedicated to St. Anthony.

choir

sostantivo femminile (insieme dei musicisti e cantori di una chiesa) (church, religious)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La cappella è composta da 6 coristi.
The choir has 6 members.

cap

sostantivo femminile (grossa testa del fungo) (botany, mycology)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La cuoca separò le cappelle dai gambi.
The cook separated the caps from the stems.

mistake, blunder

sostantivo femminile (figurato, informale (sbaglio grossolano, pasticcio) (US)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Hai fatto una bella cappella!
He made a real blunder!

glans

sostantivo femminile (volgare (glande) (anatomy)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Devo andare dall'andrologo perché ho una strana macchia sulla cappella.
I have to see an andrologist because I have a strange mark on my glans.

a cappella

locuzione aggettivale (tipo di canto: solo voce)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

family chapel

mortuary chapel

papal chamber

make a grave mistake, make a major mistake

(volgare (fare un grave errore)

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