cantata

See also: cântată

English

Etymology

From Italian.

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

• Hungarian: kantáta
• Irish: cantáid f
• Japanese: カンタータ (kantāta), 交声曲 (こうせいきょく, kōseikyoku)
• Macedonian: кантата f (kantáta)

• Polish: kantata (pl)
• Romanian: cantată (ro) f
• Russian: канта́та (ru) f (kantáta)
• Turkish: kantat (tr)

See also

• sonata

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Italian

Noun

cantata f (plural cantate)

1. song
2. singalong

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

cantātā

1. ablative feminine singular of cantātus

References

• du Cange, Charles (1883), “cantata”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kanˈtata]

Noun

cantata f

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

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Spanish

Noun

cantata f (plural cantatas)

1. (music) cantata