concerto

See also: concertó and concertò

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian concerto, deverbal from concertare. Doublet of concert.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /kənˈt͡ʃɛɹtoʊ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

concerto (plural concertos or concerti)

1. (music) A piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra.
   • 2009 January 20, Allan Kozinn, “Shafts of Sun in Winter From the Italian Baroque”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

     And the cello concerto was strikingly different on Sunday: at Weill, the ensemble included two violinists and one violist, cellist, bassist and lutenist, but on Sunday four more violinists, a second violist and a harpsichordist were added to give the ripieno sections of the fast movements a heftier punch than the smaller group delivered.

Derived terms

• concertolike

Related terms

• concerto grosso

Translations

a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 協奏曲 / 协奏曲 (zh) (xiézòuqǔ)

• Dutch: concert (nl) n
• Finnish: konsertto (fi)
• French: concerto (fr) m
• German: Konzert (de) n
• Greek: κοντσέρτο (el) n (kontsérto)
• Hungarian: versenymű (hu), (in compounds with a musical instrument) -verseny (hu)
• Indonesian: konserto (id)
• Italian: concerto (it) m
• Japanese: 協奏曲 (ja) (kyōsōkyoku)
• Khakas: концерт (kontsert)
• Korean: 협주곡(協奏曲) (hyeopjugok)
• Malay: konserto
• Māori: puoro whakatene
• Polish: koncert (pl) m
• Portuguese: concerto (pt) m
• Romanian: concert (ro) n
• Russian: конце́рт (ru) m (koncért)
• Slovene: koncert (sl) m
• Spanish: concierto (es) m
• Tibetan: རམ་འདེགས་རོལ་དབྱངས (ram 'degs rol dbyangs)
• Turkish: konçerto (tr)
• Tuvan: концерт (kontsert)
• Vietnamese: công xéc tô, công-xéc-tô
• Yakut: концерт (kontsert)

Catalan

Verb

concerto

1. first-person singular present indicative of concertar

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian concerto, deverbal from concertare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.to/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

Noun

concerto m (plural concertos)

1. concerto

Further reading

• “concerto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈt͡ʃɛr.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛrto
• Hyphenation: con‧cèr‧to

Etymology 1

Deverbal from concertare +‎ -o.

Noun

concerto m (plural concerti)

1. (music) concert, recital
2. (music) concerto
3. agreement, concert

   Synonym: accordo

Derived terms

• concertino
• concertista

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

concerto

1. first-person singular present indicative of concertare

Anagrams

• concreto, concretò, contorce

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Latin certō

Latin concertō

From con- + certō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔŋˈkɛr.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kon̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛr.to]

Verb

concertō (present infinitive concertāre, perfect active concertāvī, supine concertātum); first conjugation

1. to fight or contend
2. to dispute or debate

Conjugation

   Conjugation of concertō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	concertō		concertās		concertat		concertāmus		concertātis		concertant
	imperfect	concertābam		concertābās		concertābat		concertābāmus		concertābātis		concertābant
	future	concertābō		concertābis		concertābit		concertābimus		concertābitis		concertābunt
	perfect	concertāvī		concertāvistī		concertāvit		concertāvimus		concertāvistis		concertāvērunt, concertāvēre
	pluperfect	concertāveram		concertāverās		concertāverat		concertāverāmus		concertāverātis		concertāverant
	future perfect	concertāverō		concertāveris		concertāverit		concertāverimus		concertāveritis		concertāverint
passive	present	concertor		concertāris, concertāre		concertātur		concertāmur		concertāminī		concertantur
	imperfect	concertābar		concertābāris, concertābāre		concertābātur		concertābāmur		concertābāminī		concertābantur
	future	concertābor		concertāberis, concertābere		concertābitur		concertābimur		concertābiminī		concertābuntur
	perfect	concertātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	concertātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	concertātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	concertem		concertēs		concertet		concertēmus		concertētis		concertent
	imperfect	concertārem		concertārēs		concertāret		concertārēmus		concertārētis		concertārent
	perfect	concertāverim		concertāverīs		concertāverit		concertāverīmus		concertāverītis		concertāverint
	pluperfect	concertāvissem		concertāvissēs		concertāvisset		concertāvissēmus		concertāvissētis		concertāvissent
passive	present	concerter		concertēris, concertēre		concertētur		concertēmur		concertēminī		concertentur
	imperfect	concertārer		concertārēris, concertārēre		concertārētur		concertārēmur		concertārēminī		concertārentur
	perfect	concertātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	concertātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		concertā		—		—		concertāte		—
	future	—		concertātō		concertātō		—		concertātōte		concertantō
passive	present	—		concertāre		—		—		concertāminī		—
	future	—		concertātor		concertātor		—		—		concertantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		concertāre			concertārī			concertāns			—
future		concertātūrum esse			concertātum īrī			concertātūrus			concertandus
perfect		concertāvisse			concertātum esse			—			concertātus
future perfect		—			concertātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		concertātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		concertandī		concertandō		concertandum		concertandō		concertātum		concertātū

Derived terms

• concertātōrius

Descendants

• Catalan: concertar
• French: concerter
• Galician: concertar
• Italian: concertare
• Portuguese: concertar
• Romanian: concerta
• Sicilian: cuncirtari
• Spanish: concertar

References

• “concerto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “concerto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “concerto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to hold an altercation with a man: verbis concertare or altercari cum aliquo (B. C. 3. 19. 6)
    
• concerto in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian concerto (“concert”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈseʁ.tu/ [kõˈseh.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈseʁ.tu/ [kõˈseh.tu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõˈseɾ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõˈseʁ.tu/ [kõˈseχ.tu]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kõˈseɻ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈseʁ.to/ [kõˈseh.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈseɾ.tu/

• Homophone: conserto
• Hyphenation: con‧cer‧to

Noun

concerto m (plural concertos)

1. concert (a musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part)

Related terms

• concertina, concertista
• concertar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈsɛʁ.tu/ [kõˈsɛh.tu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈsɛʁ.tu/ [kõˈsɛh.tu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõˈsɛɾ.tu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõˈsɛʁ.tu/ [kõˈsɛχ.tu]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kõˈsɛɻ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈsɛʁ.to/ [kõˈsɛh.to]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈsɛɾ.tu/

• Homophone: conserto
• Hyphenation: con‧cer‧to

Verb

concerto

1. first-person singular present indicative of concertar

Further reading

• “concerto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “concerto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026