ostinato

English

WOTD – 16 November 2011    

Etymology

Italian ostinato (“stubborn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɒstɪˈnɑtoʊ/

Noun

ostinato (plural ostinatos or ostinati)

1. (music) A piece of melody, a chord progression, or a bass figure that is repeated over and over as a musical accompaniment.
   • 2009 January 26, Anthony Tommasini, “Pricking Up the Ears to Listen for Echoes of California”:

     The piece moves in alluring spans of swirling figures, jagged lines and pointillistic outbursts, often prodded forward by ostinatos in the perky piano.

Translations

music: figure that is repeated over and over

• Estonian: ostinato (et)
• Finnish: ostinato (fi)
• German: Ostinato (de) m and n

• Macedonian: остинато (mk) (ostináto) n
• Russian: остинато (ru) (ostinato) n
• Spanish: ostinato (es)

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Finnish

Etymology

From Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈostiˌnɑːto]
• Hyphenation: os‧ti‧na‧to

Noun

ostinato

1. (music) ostinato

Declension

Declension of ostinato (type valo) singular plural nominative ostinato ostinatot genitive ostinaton ostinatojen partitive ostinatoa ostinatoja accusative ostinato ostinaton ostinatot inessive ostinatossa ostinatoissa elative ostinatosta ostinatoista illative ostinatoon ostinatoihin adessive ostinatolla ostinatoilla ablative ostinatolta ostinatoilta allative ostinatolle ostinatoille essive ostinatona ostinatoina translative ostinatoksi ostinatoiksi instructive – ostinatoin abessive ostinatotta ostinatoitta comitative – ostinatoineen

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Italian

Verb

ostinato m (feminine ostinata, masculine plural ostinati, feminine plural ostinate)

1. Past participle of ostinarsi

Adjective

ostinato m (f ostinata, m plural ostinati, f plural ostinate)

1. stubborn or obstinate

Noun

ostinato m (plural ostinati) (Feminine: ostinata)

1. A stubborn or obstinate person

Related terms

• ostinatamente
• ostinatezza
• ostinazione

Anagrams

• asintoto