different between orchestral vs ritornello

English

Etymology

orchestra +? -al.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /????k?st??l/

Adjective

orchestral (not comparable)

1. Relating to an orchestra or to music played by an orchestra.

Derived terms

• orchestrally

Translations

Noun

orchestral (plural orchestrals)

1. (uncommon) An orchestral performance.
   • 2011, Dorien Grey, Short Circuits: A Life in Blogs: - Book 1 (?ISBN):

     I also enjoy, still using music as an analogy, when Nature segues from quieter contemplative pieces featuring fog and overcast and rain to the full orchestrals of storms: booming tympani of thunder, cymbal crashes of lightning, full-brass of wind ...

   • 2017, Karrie Gavin, Moon Philadelphia: Including Pennsylvania Dutch Country (?ISBN):

     Classical composers like Alexander Reinagle, Rayner Taylor, and Susannah Haswell Rowson made their names in the 18th century, while the 19th century was given over to English opera, religious orchestrals, and gospel.

Anagrams

• trochlears

French

Adjective

orchestral (feminine singular orchestrale, masculine plural orchestraux, feminine plural orchestrales)

1. orchestral

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French orchestre. Adjectival form of orchestr?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?or.ces?tral/

Adjective

orchestral m or n (feminine singular orchestral?, masculine plural orchestrali, feminine and neuter plural orchestrale)

1. orchestral

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• ritornel
• ritornell
• ritornelle

Etymology

Italian ritornello, diminutive of ritorno return, from ritornare to return: compare French ritournelle.

Noun

ritornello (plural ritornellos or ritornelli)

1. (music) A recurring tutti passage in Baroque music for orchestra or chorus.

Italian

Noun

ritornello m (plural ritornelli)

1. (music) refrain, chorus, burden
2. (music) riff

   Synonym: riff

3. (by extension) same old story, refrain

Spanish

Noun

ritornello m (plural ritornellos)

1. ritornello