ostinato

From Italian ostinato (“stubborn”). Doublet of obstinate.

• IPA^(key): /ɒstɪˈnɑtoʊ/[1]

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”, in 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.

Borrowed from Italian ostinato.

• IPA^(key): /ˈostinɑto/, [ˈo̞s̠t̪inɑt̪o̞]
• Hyphenation: os‧ti‧na‧to

ostinato

1. (music) ostinato

• taistoon

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

1. stubborn, obstinate

ostinato m (plural ostinati, feminine ostinata)

1. A stubborn or obstinate person

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

1. past participle of ostinarsi

• asintoto