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cantilena

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian or Latin cantilēna.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cantilena (plural cantilenas)

  1. (music) A vocal melody or instrumental passage in a smooth, lyrical style.
    • 1964, Anthony Burgess, The Eve of St Venus:
      He played a lazy tune that sinuated from C sharp down to G natural and back again. Astonishing that he could flute so lazy a cantilena while chasing nymphs.
    • 1982, Gene Wolfe, chapter 27, in The Sword of the Lictor (The Book of the New Sun; 3), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, pages 203-204:
      The sounds of insects, of which I am seldom conscious unless I have not heard them in some time, resumed, with a noise that reminded me of the tuning of the strings in the Blue Hall before the first cantilena began, a noise I sometimes used to listen to when I lay on my pallet near the open port of the apprentices' dormitory.

Anagrams edit

Finnish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian cantilena.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑntile(ː)nɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝n̪t̪iˌle̞(ː)nɑ̝]

Noun edit

cantilena

  1. cantilena

Declension edit

Inflection of cantilena (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative cantilena cantilenat
genitive cantilenan cantilenoiden
cantilenoitten
cantilenojen
partitive cantilenaa cantilenoita
cantilenoja
illative cantilenaan cantilenoihin
singular plural
nominative cantilena cantilenat
accusative nom. cantilena cantilenat
gen. cantilenan
genitive cantilenan cantilenoiden
cantilenoitten
cantilenojen
cantilenainrare
partitive cantilenaa cantilenoita
cantilenoja
inessive cantilenassa cantilenoissa
elative cantilenasta cantilenoista
illative cantilenaan cantilenoihin
adessive cantilenalla cantilenoilla
ablative cantilenalta cantilenoilta
allative cantilenalle cantilenoille
essive cantilenana cantilenoina
translative cantilenaksi cantilenoiksi
abessive cantilenatta cantilenoitta
instructive — cantilenoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of cantilena (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative cantilenani cantilenani
accusative nom. cantilenani cantilenani
gen. cantilenani
genitive cantilenani cantilenoideni
cantilenoitteni
cantilenojeni
cantilenainirare
partitive cantilenaani cantilenoitani
cantilenojani
inessive cantilenassani cantilenoissani
elative cantilenastani cantilenoistani
illative cantilenaani cantilenoihini
adessive cantilenallani cantilenoillani
ablative cantilenaltani cantilenoiltani
allative cantilenalleni cantilenoilleni
essive cantilenanani cantilenoinani
translative cantilenakseni cantilenoikseni
abessive cantilenattani cantilenoittani
instructive — —
comitative — cantilenoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative cantilenasi cantilenasi
accusative nom. cantilenasi cantilenasi
gen. cantilenasi
genitive cantilenasi cantilenoidesi
cantilenoittesi
cantilenojesi
cantilenaisirare
partitive cantilenaasi cantilenoitasi
cantilenojasi
inessive cantilenassasi cantilenoissasi
elative cantilenastasi cantilenoistasi
illative cantilenaasi cantilenoihisi
adessive cantilenallasi cantilenoillasi
ablative cantilenaltasi cantilenoiltasi
allative cantilenallesi cantilenoillesi
essive cantilenanasi cantilenoinasi
translative cantilenaksesi cantilenoiksesi
abessive cantilenattasi cantilenoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — cantilenoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative cantilenamme cantilenamme
accusative nom. cantilenamme cantilenamme
gen. cantilenamme
genitive cantilenamme cantilenoidemme
cantilenoittemme
cantilenojemme
cantilenaimmerare
partitive cantilenaamme cantilenoitamme
cantilenojamme
inessive cantilenassamme cantilenoissamme
elative cantilenastamme cantilenoistamme
illative cantilenaamme cantilenoihimme
adessive cantilenallamme cantilenoillamme
ablative cantilenaltamme cantilenoiltamme
allative cantilenallemme cantilenoillemme
essive cantilenanamme cantilenoinamme
translative cantilenaksemme cantilenoiksemme
abessive cantilenattamme cantilenoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — cantilenoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative cantilenanne cantilenanne
accusative nom. cantilenanne cantilenanne
gen. cantilenanne
genitive cantilenanne cantilenoidenne
cantilenoittenne
cantilenojenne
cantilenainnerare
partitive cantilenaanne cantilenoitanne
cantilenojanne
inessive cantilenassanne cantilenoissanne
elative cantilenastanne cantilenoistanne
illative cantilenaanne cantilenoihinne
adessive cantilenallanne cantilenoillanne
ablative cantilenaltanne cantilenoiltanne
allative cantilenallenne cantilenoillenne
essive cantilenananne cantilenoinanne
translative cantilenaksenne cantilenoiksenne
abessive cantilenattanne cantilenoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — cantilenoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative cantilenansa cantilenansa
accusative nom. cantilenansa cantilenansa
gen. cantilenansa
genitive cantilenansa cantilenoidensa
cantilenoittensa
cantilenojensa
cantilenainsarare
partitive cantilenaansa cantilenoitaan
cantilenojaan
cantilenoitansa
cantilenojansa
inessive cantilenassaan
cantilenassansa 		cantilenoissaan
cantilenoissansa
elative cantilenastaan
cantilenastansa 		cantilenoistaan
cantilenoistansa
illative cantilenaansa cantilenoihinsa
adessive cantilenallaan
cantilenallansa 		cantilenoillaan
cantilenoillansa
ablative cantilenaltaan
cantilenaltansa 		cantilenoiltaan
cantilenoiltansa
allative cantilenalleen
cantilenallensa 		cantilenoilleen
cantilenoillensa
essive cantilenanaan
cantilenanansa 		cantilenoinaan
cantilenoinansa
translative cantilenakseen
cantilenaksensa 		cantilenoikseen
cantilenoiksensa
abessive cantilenattaan
cantilenattansa 		cantilenoittaan
cantilenoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — cantilenoineen
cantilenoinensa

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kan.tiˈlɛ.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɛna
  • Hyphenation: can‧ti‧lè‧na

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Latin cantilēna.

Noun edit

cantilena f (plural cantilene)

  1. lullaby
    Synonym: filastrocca
  2. singsong
  3. whining, cant
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb edit

cantilena

  1. inflection of cantilenare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams edit

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From *cantilō +‎ -ēla, the attested cantilō, cantillō being back-formed.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cantilēna f (genitive cantilēnae); first declension

  1. old song
  2. oft-repeated saying
  3. gossip

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cantilēna cantilēnae
Genitive cantilēnae cantilēnārum
Dative cantilēnae cantilēnīs
Accusative cantilēnam cantilēnās
Ablative cantilēnā cantilēnīs
Vocative cantilēna cantilēnae

Descendants edit

References edit

  • “cantilena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cantilena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cantilena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • cantilena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Breyer, Gertrud (1993) Etruskisches Sprachgut im Lateinischen unter Ausschluß des spezifisch onomastischen Bereiches (Orientalia Analecta Lovaniensia; 53), Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oriëntalistiek, →ISBN, page 55

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈlẽ.nɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈle.na/

Noun edit

cantilena f (plural cantilenas)

  1. (Portugal) Synonym of parlenda

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin cantilēna.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kantiˈlena/ [kãn̪.t̪iˈle.na]
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Syllabification: can‧ti‧le‧na

Noun edit

cantilena f (plural cantilenas)

  1. cantilena

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

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