capella

Other forms of capella

plural

capellas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about capella

What does capella mean?

capella means "the brightest star in Auriga". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in capella?

capella has 3 syllables: ca-pel-la. The stress falls on "pel". In IPA it is /kəˈpɛlə/.

What is another word for capella?

Close synonyms include Gallinago, genus Gallinago, genus Capella. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is capella a common word?

capella is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.