different between ritornello vs sinfonia

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

English

Etymology

From Italian sinfonia. Doublet of symphonia, symphony, tsampouna, and zampogna.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??ni?

Noun

sinfonia (plural sinfonias or sinfonie)

1. A symphony.
2. A piece or music serving as an overture, interlude or ritornello.
3. A small symphony orchestra.

Anagrams

• sainfoin

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin symphonia, from Ancient Greek ???????? (sumph?nía); the form of the word is possibly after Italian sinfonia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sinf(?)oni?/, [?s?inf(?)o??ni?]
• Rhymes: -i?
• Syllabification: sin?fo?ni?a

Noun

sinfonia

1. symphony

Declension

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin symph?nia, from Ancient Greek ???????? (sumph?nía). Doublet of zampogna.

Noun

sinfonia f (plural sinfonie)

1. (music) symphony

Related terms

• sinfonico

Descendants

• ? English: sinfonia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin symph?nia, from Ancient Greek ???????? (sumph?nía). Compare sanfona.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /s?.fu.?ni.?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /s?.fo.?ni.?/
• Hyphenation: sin?fo?ni?a

Noun

sinfonia f (plural sinfonias)

1. symphony

Related terms

• sinfónico (Portugal)
• sinfônico (Brazil)