different between tutti vs ritornello

English

Etymology

From Italian tutti, from Latin totus (“all”).

Adverb

tutti (not comparable)

1. (music) All together. Indicates that the remainder of a group should join in playing after a solo or other passage with a reduced number of voices.

Adjective

tutti (not comparable)

1. (music) All together; with all playing at once.

   a tutti passage

Noun

tutti (plural tuttis)

1. (music) A passage in which all members of an orchestra are playing

Czech

Noun

tutti n

1. (card games) triple raise (multiplies the current stake by 8)

References

Finnish

(index tu)

Etymology

From Swedish tutt.

Noun

tutti

1. A pacifier; binky (US), dummy (UK), soother (Canada).
2. A teat (artificial nipple used for bottle-feeding infants).

Declension

Derived terms

• tuttipullo

Anagrams

• tutit

French

Etymology

From Italian tutti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu.ti/

Noun

tutti m (plural tutti)

1. (music) tutti

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

Pronoun

tutti m pl (tutte, f)

1. all; everybody, everyone

Adjective

tutti

1. masculine plural of tutto

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