different between concerto vs caprice

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 French caprice, from Italian capriccio, from caporiccio (“fright, sudden start”): capo (“head”), from Latin caput + riccio (“curly”), from Latin ?ricius (“hedgehog”), or from Italian capro (“goat”). Doublet of capriccio.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /k??p?is/

Noun

caprice (plural caprices)

1. An impulsive, seemingly unmotivated action, change of mind, or notion; a whim.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. A brief romance
   • Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

     The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that a caprice lasts a little longer.

3. An unpredictable or sudden condition, change, or series of changes.
   • 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 6:

     After that we cast off all allegiance to immediate, tangible, and time-touched things, and entered a fantastic world of hushed unreality in which the narrow, ribbon-like road rose and fell and curved with an almost sentient and purposeful caprice amidst the tenantless green peaks and half-deserted valleys

4. A disposition to be impulsive.
5. (music) A capriccio.

Related terms

• capricious

Translations

French

Etymology

From Italian capriccio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.p?is/

Noun

caprice m (plural caprices)

1. whim; wish

   Synonym: lubie
2. tantrum

Derived terms

• capricieux

Descendants

• ? Danish: kaprice
• ? English: caprice
• ? Romanian: capriciu

Further reading

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