different between baroque vs serenata

English

Etymology

Via French baroque (which originally meant a pearl of irregular shape), from Portuguese barroco (“irregular pearl”); related to Spanish barrueco and Italian barocco, of uncertain ultimate origin, but possibly from Latin verr?ca (“wart”). It has been suggested that the term derives from Baroco, a technical term from scholastic logic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bæ???k/

Rhymes: -?k

• (US) IPA^(key): /b???o?k/

Rhymes: -??k

Adjective

baroque (comparative baroquer, superlative baroquest)

1. Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.
2. Complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity.
3. Chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.
4. Embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.
5. Characteristic of Western art music of about the same period.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Baquero

French

Etymology

Middle French baroque, originally denoting a pearl of irregular shape, from Italian barocco, Spanish barrueco, or Portuguese barroco, all possibly from Latin verr?ca (“wart”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.??k/

Adjective

baroque (plural baroques)

1. baroque (all senses)

Descendants

• ? English: baroque
• ? Spanish: barroco

Further reading

• “baroque” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian serenata. Doublet of serenade.

Noun

serenata (plural serenatas)

1. (music) A type of baroque cantata performed outdoors, in the evening, with mixed vocal and instrumental forces

Anagrams

• Near East, arsenate, arsetane, asterane

Cebuano

Etymology

From English serenata, borrowed from Italian serenata.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: se?re?na?ta

Noun

serenata

1. an open-air concert

Italian

Etymology

From sereno (“clear, calm”), from Latin serenus (“calm”) or from the feminine past participle of serenare.

Noun

serenata f (plural serenate)

1. serenade

Participle

serenata

1. feminine singular of serenato

Anagrams

• arenaste, estranea

Portuguese

Noun

serenata f (plural serenatas)

1. serenade

Spanish

Etymology

From Italian serenata, from the adjective sereno (“clear, calm”), from Latin ser?nus (“calm”).

Noun

serenata f (plural serenatas)

1. serenade