pastorale

English

Etymology

From French, from Middle French pastorale; or from Italian pastorale, hence the plural pastorali.

Noun

pastorale (plural pastorales or pastorali)

1. A play or a musical product which has a pastoral subject.
2. An artwork that is suggestive of pastoral themes.

   She was in the country, painting her first pastorale.

3. One of the figures of a quadrille.

Anagrams

• parosteal, saropatel

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

pastorale

1. feminine singular of pastoral

German

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːlə

Adjective

pastorale

1. inflection of pastoral:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pāstōrālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.stoˈra.le/
• Rhymes: -ale
• Hyphenation: pa‧sto‧rà‧le

Adjective

pastorale (plural pastorali)

1. pastoral
2. bucolic
3. rural

Derived terms

• pastoralmente

Noun

pastorale f (plural pastorali)

1. pastoral (letter)
2. (music) pastorale

Noun

pastorale m (plural pastorali)

1. crook, crosier

Related terms

• vincastro

Further reading

• pastorale in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• pastorale in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• pastoràle in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

• esplorata, estrapola, pestarola, spalatore, spatolare

Latin

Adjective

pāstōrāle

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of pāstōrālis

References

• pastorale in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)