CABALETTA

Meaning of CABALETTA in English

Pronunciation: ˌ ka-b ə - ' le-t ə , ˌ kä-

Function: noun

Etymology: Italian

Date: 1842

1 : an operatic song in simple popular style characterized by a uniform rhythm

2 : the lively bravura concluding section of an extended aria or duet

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

CABALETTA — noun Etymology: Italian Date: 1842 an operatic song in simple popular style characterized by a uniform rhythm, the lively bravura …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CABALETTA — ˌkabəˈled.ə, -äb- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Italian, probably alteration of coboletta stanza, diminutive of cobola stanza, couplet, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CABALETTA — /kab'euh let"euh, kah'beuh-/ ; It. /kah'bah let"tah/ , n. , pl. cabalettas, cabalette /-let"ay/ ; It. /-let"te/ . a short, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CABALETTA — n. (Music) short simple Italian operatic aria; concluding section of an aria or duet
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CABALETTA — noun Etymology: Italian Date: 1842 1. : an operatic song in simple popular style characterized by a uniform rhythm 2. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CABALETTA — [ ˌkabə'lɛtə ] ■ noun ( plural ~s or cabalette ) a simple aria with a repetitive rhythm. ↘the uniformly …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CABALETTA — [ca.ba.let.ta] n [It] (1842) 1: an operatic song in simple popular style characterized by a uniform rhythm 2: the lively …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CABALETTA — (Italian cobola: couplet), originally an operatic aria with a simple, animated rhythm, and later a fast concluding section of an …
Britannica English vocabulary

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