sonata
English edit
Etymology edit
From Italian sonata, from the feminine past participle of sonare (modern suonare), from Latin sonāre (“to make sound”). Doublet of sounded.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /səˈnɑːtə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːtə
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /soʊˈneɪtə/
Noun edit
sonata (plural sonatas)
- (music) A musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a piano, in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo.
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a musical composition for one or a few instruments
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian sonata. First attested in 1839.[1]
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sonata f (plural sonates)
References edit
- ^ “sonata”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Further reading edit
- “sonata” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sonata” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “sonata” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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sonata (accusative singular sonatan, plural sonataj, accusative plural sonatajn)
- singular present passive participle of soni
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sonata
- present passive participle of sonar
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sonata f (plural sonate)
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sonata f sg
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- sonata in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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sonata
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Borrowed from Italian sonata, from the feminine past participle of sonare (modern suonare), from Latin sonāre (“to make sound”).
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sonata f
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Declension of sonata
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adjective
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- Rhymes: -atɐ
- Hyphenation: so‧na‧ta
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sonata f (plural sonatas)
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sonata f (plural sonatas)
Further reading edit
- “sonata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014