cantata

See also: cântată

English

Etymology

From Italian cantata. Doublet of chanty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈtɑːtə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːtə

Noun

cantata (plural cantatas)

1. (music) A vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement, typical of 17th and 18th century Italian music.

Usage notes

• The regularly formed plural cantatas is by far the most common, though the Italian-style plural cantate is not completely unheard-of.

Translations

cantata

• Afrikaans: kantate
• Armenian: կանտատա (hy) (kantata)
• Catalan: cantata (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 康塔塔 (zh) (kāngtǎtǎ), 清唱套曲 (qīngchàng tàoqǔ)

• Dutch: cantate (nl) f
• Esperanto: kantato
• Estonian: kantaat
• Finnish: kantaatti (fi)
• French: cantate (fr) f
• German: Kantate f
• Hungarian: kantáta (hu)
• Ido: kantato (io)

• Irish: cantáid f
• Japanese: カンタータ (kantāta), 交声曲 (こうせいきょく, kōseikyoku)
• Latvian: kantāte
• Macedonian: канта́та f (kantáta)
• Polish: kantata (pl)
• Portuguese: cantata (pt) f
• Romanian: cantată (ro) f
• Russian: канта́та (ru) f (kantáta)
• Spanish: cantata (es) f
• Swedish: kantat (sv) c
• Turkish: kantat (tr)

See also

• sonata

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Catalan

Etymology

From Italian cantata.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kənˈta.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kanˈta.ta/

Noun

cantata f (plural cantates)

1. (music) cantata

Further reading

• “cantata” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cantata” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “cantata” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈta.ta/

Noun

cantata f (plural cantate)

1. song
2. singalong

Descendants

• → Catalan: cantata
• → English: cantata
• → Spanish: cantata

Verb

cantata

1. Feminine singular of cantato, past participle of cantare.

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Latin

Participle

cantāta

1. nominative feminine singular of cantātus
2. nominative neuter plural of cantātus
3. accusative neuter plural of cantātus
4. vocative feminine singular of cantātus
5. vocative neuter plural of cantātus

Participle

cantātā

1. ablative feminine singular of cantātus

References

• cantata in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtata/

Noun

cantata f

1. definite nominative singular of cantată
2. definite accusative singular of cantată

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Spanish

Etymology

From Italian cantata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈtata/, [kãn̪ˈt̪at̪a]
• Hyphenation: can‧ta‧ta

Noun

cantata f (plural cantatas)

1. (music) cantata

Further reading

• “cantata” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.