cantabile

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Italian cantabile ‎(“singable", "capable being sung”), derived from cantare ‎(“to sing”). See also Latin cantabilis ‎(“worthy to be sung”).

NounEdit

Wikipedia

cantabile ‎(plural cantabiles)

1. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a lyrical manner
2. (music) A passage having this mark

AdverbEdit

cantabile ‎(comparative more cantabile, superlative most cantabile)

1. (music) played in this style; singingly, lyrically

AdjectiveEdit

cantabile ‎(comparative more cantabile, superlative most cantabile)

1. (music) describing a passage having this mark; singable, lyrical

AnagramsEdit

• anticable

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /kɑ̃.ta.bil/, /kɑ̃.ta.bil.e/

EtymologyEdit

Directly from Italian cantabile

NounEdit

cantabile m ‎(plural cantabiles)

1. (music) cantabile

AdjectiveEdit

cantabile m, f ‎(plural cantabiles)

1. (music) cantabile

AnagramsEdit

• câblaient

External linksEdit

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

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ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

cantare +‎ -abile

NounEdit

cantabile m ‎(plural cantabili)

1. cantabile

AdjectiveEdit

cantabile m, f ‎(masculine and feminine plural cantabili)

1. cantabile
2. singable

AdverbEdit

cantabile

1. cantabile

Derived termsEdit

• cantabilità

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LatinEdit

AdjectiveEdit

cantābile

1. nominative neuter singular of cantābilis
2. accusative neuter singular of cantābilis
3. vocative neuter singular of cantābilis