CANTABILE


Meaning of CANTABILE in English

/kahn tah"bi lay', -bee-, keuhn-/ ; It. /kahn tah"bee le'/ , Music.

adj.

1. songlike and flowing in style.

adv.

2. in a cantabile manner.

[ 1720-30; cantabilis worth singing, equiv. to L canta ( re ) to sing (see CANT 1 ) + -bilis -BLE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .