cantabile
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian cantabile (“singable, capable being sung”), derived from cantare (“to sing”). See also Latin cantabilis (“worthy to be sung”).
Noun
cantabile (plural cantabiles)
- (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a lyrical manner
- (music) A passage having this mark
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɑ̃.ta.bil/, /kɑ̃.ta.bi.le/
Further reading
- “cantabile” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Latin
Adjective
cantābile
- nominative neuter singular of cantābilis
- accusative neuter singular of cantābilis
- vocative neuter singular of cantābilis
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