different between cantabile vs cavatina

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cantabile (“singable, capable being sung”), derived from cantare (“to sing”). See also Latin cantabilis (“worthy to be sung”).

Noun

cantabile (plural cantabiles)

1. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a lyrical manner
2. (music) A passage having this mark

Adverb

cantabile (comparative more cantabile, superlative most cantabile)

1. (music) Played in this style; singingly, lyrically

Adjective

cantabile (comparative more cantabile, superlative most cantabile)

1. (music) Describing a passage having this mark; singable, lyrical

Anagrams

• anticable

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cantabile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.ta.bil/, /k??.ta.bi.le/

Noun

cantabile m (plural cantabiles)

1. (music) cantabile

Adjective

cantabile (plural cantabiles)

1. (music) cantabile

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• câblaient

Italian

Etymology

From cantare +? -abile.

Noun

cantabile m (plural cantabili)

1. cantabile

Adjective

cantabile (plural cantabili)

1. cantabile
2. singable

Adverb

cantabile

1. cantabile

Derived terms

• cantabilità

Latin

Adjective

cant?bile

1. nominative neuter singular of cant?bilis
2. accusative neuter singular of cant?bilis
3. vocative neuter singular of cant?bilis

English

Etymology

From Italian cavatina, diminutive of cavata.

Noun

cavatina (plural cavatinas)

1. (music) An operatic song in slow tempo, either complete in itself or (e.g., in Bellini and Verdi) followed by a faster, more resolute section: hence
2. (music) A rather slow, song-like instrumental movement; the title, for example, of a movement in Beethoven's string quartet in B flat, op. 130 (1826) and of a once-famous piece (originally for violin and piano) by Raff, and of the slow movement of Rubra's string quartet No. 2.

Translations

See also

• aria