villancico
English
editEtymology
editFrom Spanish villancico, from villano (“peasant”), from Medieval Latin vīllānus (“villager”).
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌviːjanˈsiːkəʊ/, /ˌviːjanˈθiːkəʊ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌviljənˈsikoʊ/, /ˌviljənˈθikoʊ/
- Rhymes: -iːkəʊ
Noun
editvillancico (plural villancicos)
- (music, poetry) A traditional Spanish (or Portuguese) folk song with short stanzas and a refrain; now especially common as a Christmas carol.
- 2014, James Haar, editor, European Music, 1520–1640, Boydell & Brewer, →ISBN, page 447:
- The villancicos are strophic, but they tend not to extend to the many strophes of narration that were typical of the romance. A standard form for a villancico strophe is ABBA, in which the first A is called the estribillo (refrain), the Bs represent the statement of the music for the copla (stanza) twice (as copla and mudanza), and the return of the estribillo as the vuelta.
Translations
edittraditional Spanish or Portuguese folk song
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Italian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish villancico, from villano (“peasant”), from Medieval Latin vīllānus (“villager”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvillancico m (invariable)
- (music, poetry) villancico (traditional Spanish or Portuguese folk song)
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom villano (“peasant”), from Medieval Latin vīllānus (“villager”).
Pronunciation
edit
Noun
editvillancico m (plural villancicos)
- (music, poetry) villancico (traditional Spanish or Portuguese folk song)
- (by extension, music) Christmas carol
Descendants
edit- → English: villancico
- → Galician: vilancico
- → Portuguese: vilancico, vilhancico
Further reading
edit- “villancico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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