different between concerto vs cadenza

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /k?n?t???to?/

Etymology

From Italian concerto. Doublet of concert.

Noun

concerto (plural concertos or concerti)

1. (music) A piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra.

Translations

Italian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

concerto m (plural concerti)

1. (music) concert, recital
2. (music) concerto
3. agreement, concert

   Synonym: accordo

Derived terms

• concertare
• concertino
• concertista

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kon?t???r.to/

Verb

concerto

1. first-person singular present indicative of concertare

Anagrams

• concreto, concretò
• contorce

Latin

Etymology

From con- +? cert?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon?ker.to?/, [k???k?rt?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon?t??er.to/, [k?n???t???rt??]

Verb

concert? (present infinitive concert?re, perfect active concert?v?, supine concert?tum); first conjugation

1. I fight or contend
2. I dispute or debate

Conjugation

Descendants

• Portuguese: concertar
• Spanish: concertar

References

• concerto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• concerto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• concerto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• concerto in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.?se?.to/
• Homophone: conserto (noun)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian concerto (“concert”).

Noun

concerto m (plural concertos)

1. concert (a musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part)

Related terms

• concertina, concertista
• concertar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

concerto

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of concertar

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cadenza, from Latin cadentia. Doublet of cadence and chance.

Noun

cadenza (plural cadenzas or cadenze)

1. (music) A part of a piece of music, such as a concerto, that is very decorative and is played by a single musician.

Translations

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cadentia, from Latin cad?ns, present participle of cad? (“to fall”). Doublet of chance.

Noun

cadenza f (plural cadenze)

1. cadence
2. rhythm

Verb

cadenza

1. third-person singular present indicative of cadenzare
2. second-person singular imperative of cadenzare