ostinato
English edit
Etymology edit
From Italian ostinato (“stubborn”). Doublet of obstinate.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ostinato (plural ostinatos or ostinati)
- (music) A piece of melody, a chord progression, or a bass figure that is repeated over and over as a musical accompaniment.
- 2009 January 26, Anthony Tommasini, “Pricking Up the Ears to Listen for Echoes of California”, in New York Times[1]:
- The piece moves in alluring spans of swirling figures, jagged lines and pointillistic outbursts, often prodded forward by ostinatos in the perky piano.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
music: figure that is repeated over and over
References edit
- ^ “ostinato”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian ostinato, from Latin obstinātus (“firmly set, fixed”). Doublet of obstina.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ostinato (accusative singular ostinaton, plural ostinatoj, accusative plural ostinatojn)
Related terms edit
- ripetfrazo (“riff”)
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian ostinato.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ostinato
Declension edit
Inflection of ostinato (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | ostinato | ostinatot | ||
genitive | ostinaton | ostinatojen | ||
partitive | ostinatoa | ostinatoja | ||
illative | ostinatoon | ostinatoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | ostinato | ostinatot | ||
accusative | nom. | ostinato | ostinatot | |
gen. | ostinaton | |||
genitive | ostinaton | ostinatojen | ||
partitive | ostinatoa | ostinatoja | ||
inessive | ostinatossa | ostinatoissa | ||
elative | ostinatosta | ostinatoista | ||
illative | ostinatoon | ostinatoihin | ||
adessive | ostinatolla | ostinatoilla | ||
ablative | ostinatolta | ostinatoilta | ||
allative | ostinatolle | ostinatoille | ||
essive | ostinatona | ostinatoina | ||
translative | ostinatoksi | ostinatoiksi | ||
abessive | ostinatotta | ostinatoitta | ||
instructive | — | ostinatoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Anagrams edit
French edit
Noun edit
ostinato m (plural ostinatos)
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin obstinātus.
Adjective edit
ostinato (feminine ostinata, masculine plural ostinati, feminine plural ostinate, superlative ostinatissimo)
Related terms edit
Noun edit
ostinato m (plural ostinati, feminine ostinata)
- a stubborn or obstinate person
Etymology 2 edit
Participle edit
ostinato (feminine ostinata, masculine plural ostinati, feminine plural ostinate)
Further reading edit
- ostinato in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Italian ostinato.
Adverb edit
ostinato
Noun edit
ostinato n (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of ostinato (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) ostinato | ostinatoul |
genitive/dative | (unui) ostinato | ostinatoului |
vocative | ostinatoule |