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chapelmaster

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A director of music in a chapel, the musical director of a court and/or major church's choir and/or orchestra; often also a composer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Compound of chapel + master.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կապելմայստեր (kapelmayster) — director of music in a chapel
  • Belarusian: капельма́йстар (kapjelʹmájstar) — director of music in a chapel
  • Belarusian: капэльма́йстар (kapelʹmájstar) — director of music in a chapel
  • Bulgarian: капелма́йстор (kapelmájstor) — director of music in a chapel
  • Czech: kapelník — director of music in a chapel
  • Danish: kapelmester — director of music in a chapel
  • Dutch: kapelmeester — director of music in a chapel
  • Finnish: kuorokapellimestari — director of music in a chapel
  • Finnish: kuoronjohtaja — director of music in a chapel
  • Finnish: kapellimestari — director of music in a chapel
  • French: maître de chapelle — director of music in a chapel
  • German: Kapellmeister — director of music in a chapel
  • German: Kapellmeisterin — director of music in a chapel
  • Icelandic: kapellumeistari — director of music in a chapel
  • Italian: maestro di cappella — director of music in a chapel
  • Latvian: kapelmeistars — director of music in a chapel
  • Lithuanian: kapelmeisteris — director of music in a chapel
  • Macedonian: капелма́јстор (kapelmájstor) — director of music in a chapel
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kapellmester — director of music in a chapel
  • Polish: kapelmistrz — director of music in a chapel
  • Russian: капельме́йстер (kapelʹméjster) — director of music in a chapel
  • Serbo-Croatian: ка̀пе̄лнӣк — director of music in a chapel
  • Serbo-Croatian: kàpēlnīk — director of music in a chapel
  • Slovak: kapelník — director of music in a chapel
  • Slovene: kapelnik — director of music in a chapel
  • Spanish: maestro de capilla — director of music in a chapel
  • Swedish: kapellmästare — director of music in a chapel
  • Ukrainian: капельме́йстер (kapelʹméjster) — director of music in a chapel
  • Ukrainian: капельма́йстер (kapelʹmájster) — director of music in a chapel