different between subordinate vs obbligato

English

Etymology

From Middle English subordinat, from Medieval Latin sub?rdin?tus, past participle of sub?rdin?re, from sub- + ?rdin?re (“to order”).

Pronunciation

Adjective and Noun

• (UK) enPR: s?-bô?d?n-?t, IPA^(key): /s??b??d?n?t/
• (US) enPR: s?-bôr?d?n-?t, IPA^(key): /s??b??d?n?t/

Verb

• (UK) enPR: s?-bô?d?n-?t, IPA^(key): /s??b??d?ne?t/
• (US) enPR: s?-bôr?d?n-?t, IPA^(key): /s??b??d?ne?t/

Adjective

subordinate (comparative more subordinate, superlative most subordinate)

1. Placed in a lower class, rank, or position.
   • 1695, John Woodward, An Essay toward a Natural History of the Earth and Terrestrial Bodies, especially Minerals, &c

     The several kinds […] and subordinate species of each are easily known.

   Synonym: lesser

   Antonyms: superior, superordinate

2. Submissive or inferior to, or controlled by authority.
   • November 9, 1662, Robert South, Of the Creation of Man in the Image of God

     It was subordinate, not enslaved, to the understanding.

   Antonym: insubordinate

3. (grammar, of a clause, not comparable) dependent on and either modifying or complementing the main clause

   Synonym: dependent

   Antonyms: independent, main

4. Descending in a regular series.

Translations

Noun

subordinate (plural subordinates)

2. (countable) One who is subordinate.

   Synonyms: inferior, junior, report, underling, understrapper

   Antonyms: boss, commander, leader, manager, superior, supervisor

Translations

Verb

subordinate (third-person singular simple present subordinates, present participle subordinating, simple past and past participle subordinated)

1. (transitive) To make subservient.
2. (transitive) To treat as of less value or importance.

   Synonyms: belittle, denigrate

3. (transitive, finance) To make of lower priority in order of payment in bankruptcy.

Translations

See also

• inferior

Anagrams

• turbinadoes

Italian

Adjective

subordinate

1. feminine plural of subordinato

Verb

subordinate

1. second-person plural present indicative of subordinare
2. second-person plural imperative of subordinare
3. feminine plural past participle of subordinare

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /su.bo?r.di?na?.te/, [s??bo?rd???nä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /su.bor.di?na.te/, [sub?rd?i?n??t??]

Verb

sub?rdin?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of sub?rdin?

English

Alternative forms

• obligato

Etymology

From Italian obbligato.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?bl?????t??/

Noun

obbligato (plural obbligatos or obbligati)

1. (music) An obbligato section; a prominent countermelody, often written to be played or sung above the principal theme (in a higher pitch range). [from 19th c.]
   • 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin 2010, p. 281:

     The noise of the traffic outside the building on the boulevard made an unmusical obbligato to my thinking.

Translations

See also

• descant

Italian

Etymology

From Latin oblig?tus.

Adjective

obbligato (feminine obbligata, masculine plural obbligati, feminine plural obbligate)

1. obliged, compelled, constrained, forced, bound
2. obligatory, unavoidable, forced
3. obliged, indebted
4. fixed, set

   percorso obbligato - fixed course

5. (music) obbligato

Synonyms

• costretto (1)
• vincolato (1)
• imposto (2)
• inevitabile (2)
• obbligatorio (2,4)
• grato (3)
• riconoscente (3)
• fisso (4)

Noun

obbligato m (plural obbligati, feminine obbligata)

1. obligator, obligor

   Synonym: obbligante

Verb

obbligato m (feminine singular obbligata, masculine plural obbligati, feminine plural obbligate)

1. past participle of obbligare

Derived terms

• obbligatoriamente
• obbligatorio
• obbligatorietà

Related terms

• obbligare