villanella

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian villanella (“pretty country girl”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛlə

Noun

villanella (plural villanellas)

1. An old rustic dance, accompanied by singing.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “villanella”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Italian

Etymology

From villana +‎ -ella.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vil.laˈnɛl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛlla
• Hyphenation: vil‧la‧nèl‧la

Noun

villanella f (plural villanelle)

1. diminutive of villana
2. (literary) female equivalent of villanello; country girl

   Synonym: contadinella

Further reading

• villanèlla in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication