different between lyric vs cantiga

English

Alternative forms

• lyrick (obsolete)

Etymology

From French lyrique, or its source, Latin lyricus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (lurikós), from ???? (lúra, “lyre”).

The original Greek sense of "lyric poetry"—"poetry accompanied by the lyre" i.e. "words set to music"—eventually led to its use as "lyrics", first attested in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Stainer and Barrett used the word as a singular substantive: "Lyric, poetry or blank verse intended to be set to music and sung". By the 1930s, the present use of the plurale tantum "lyrics" had begun; it has been standard since the 1950s for many writers. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song by authorities such as Alec Wilder, Robert Gottlieb, and Stephen Sondheim. However, the singular form is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?l??.?k/
• Rhymes: -?r?k

Adjective

lyric (comparative more lyric, superlative most lyric)

1. (poetry) Of, or relating to a type of poetry (such as a sonnet or ode) that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style
2. Of or relating to a writer of such poetry
3. lyrical
4. Having a light singing voice of modest range
5. Of or relating to musical drama and opera
6. melodious
7. Of or relating to the lyre (or sometimes the harp)

Derived terms

• lyrical
• lyrically
• lyricize

Noun

lyric (plural lyrics)

1. A lyric poem.
2. (usually in the plural) The words of a song or other vocal music.

Usage notes

The singular form is sometimes used to refer to a part of the words, whereas the plural form is usually used to refer to all of the words. In formal usage, the singular form is still often used to refer to all of the words.

Derived terms

• lyricism
• lyricist
• lyricize

Translations

Anagrams

• Cyril

English

Etymology

From Portuguese cantiga, from Old Portuguese cantiga.

Noun

cantiga (plural cantigas)

1. A medieval monophonic song, sometimes religious, characteristic of the Galician-Portuguese lyric.

Anagrams

• agnatic

Galician

Alternative forms

• cántega, cántiga

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese cantiga, either from cantar or from a Celtic substrate form *cant?c? or *cant?c?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k?n?ti??]

Noun

cantiga f (plural cantigas)

1. Alternative form of cántiga

References

• “cantiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “cantiga” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “cantiga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “cantiga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cantiga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kã.?ti.?a/

Noun

cantiga f (plural cantigas)

1. song (musical composition with lyrics)

Descendants

• Galician: cántiga, cántega, cantiga
• Portuguese: cantiga
  • ? English: cantiga

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese cantiga.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /k??.?ti.??/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /k??.?t??i.??/
• Hyphenation: can?ti?ga

Noun

cantiga f (plural cantigas)

1. folk song (song handed down by oral tradition)
2. cantiga (mediaeval monophonic song)
3. (by extension) any song
4. (figuratively, colloquial) nonsense; story

   Synonyms: léria, mentira

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