cantabile

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 Adverb 1.4 Adjective 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Noun 2.4 Adjective 2.5 Anagrams 3 Italian 3.1 Noun 3.2 Adjective 3.3 Adverb

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[edit] Etymology

From Italian cantabile (“‘singable", "capable being sung’”), derived from cantare (“‘to sing’”). See also Latin cantabilis (“‘worthy to be sung’”).

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cantabile (plural cantabiles)

1. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a lyrical manner
2. (music) A passage having this mark

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cantabile (comparative more cantabile, superlative most cantabile)

1. (music) played in this style; singingly, lyrically

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cantabile (comparative more cantabile, superlative most cantabile)

1. (music) describing a passage having this mark; singable, lyrical

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• IPA: /kɑ̃.ta.bil/, /kɑ̃.ta.bil.e/

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Directly from Italian cantabile

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cantabile m. (plural cantabiles)

1. (music) cantabile

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cantabile (epicene, plural cantabiles)

1. (music) cantabile

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• Alphagram: aabceilnt
• câblaient

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cantabile m. (plural cantabili)

1. cantabile

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cantabile m and f (m and f plural cantabili)

1. cantabile

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cantabile

1. cantabile