different between etude vs ditty

English

Alternative forms

• étude

Etymology

From around the year 1837, from French étude (“study”) from the Latin studium (“spirit", "devotion" or "study”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /e??tju?d/, /e??tu?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?e??tud/, /?e??tjud/

Noun

etude (plural etudes)

1. (music) A short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.

Synonyms

• (a song written as an exercise): study

Translations

Danish

Noun

etude c (singular definite etuden, plural indefinite etuder)

1. etude

Declension

Further reading

• “etude” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “etude” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Indonesian

Etymology

From English etude, from French étude (“study”), from Old French estude (“study”), from the Latin studium (“spirit”). Doublet of studi and studio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /etud?/
• Hyphenation: étu?dè

Noun

étudè (first-person possessive etudeku, second-person possessive etudemu, third-person possessive etudenya)

1. (music) etude: a short piece of music, designed to give a performer practice in a particular area or skill.

Further reading

• “etude” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

English

Etymology

From Middle English dite, ditee, from Old French ditie or dité, from ditier, from Latin dict?re (participle dictatus).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?ti/
• Homophones: diddy (US)
• Rhymes: -?ti

Noun

ditty (plural ditties)

1. A short verse or tune.
   • 1636, George Sandys, Paraphrase upon the Psalms and Hymns dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments

     And to the warbling lute soft ditties sing.

2. A saying or utterance, especially one that is short and frequently repeated.

Translations

Verb

ditty (third-person singular simple present ditties, present participle dittying, simple past and past participle dittied)

1. To sing; to warble a little tune.

   • Beasts fain would sing; birds ditty to their notes.

See also

• ditty bag
• doggerel
• jingle