sonata

See also: Sonata, sonată, sónata, and sonáta

English

Etymology

From Italian sonata, from the feminine past participle of sonare (modern suonare), from Latin sonāre (to make sound). Doublet of sounded.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səˈnɑːtə/
  • (file)
  • (file)
    Rhymes: -ɑːtə
  • (obsolete) IPA(key): /soʊˈneɪtə/

Noun

sonata (plural sonatas)

  1. (music) A musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a piano, in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo.

Hyponyms

  • arpeggione sonata
  • bassoon sonata
  • cello sonata
  • clarinet sonata
  • flute sonata
  • horn sonata
  • keyboard sonata
  • oboe sonata
  • organ sonata
  • piano sonata
  • recorder sonata
  • string sonata
  • viola sonata
  • violin sonata

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian sonata. First attested in 1839.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

sonata f (plural sonates)

  1. sonata

References

  1. sonata”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading

Esperanto

Adjective

sonata (accusative singular sonatan, plural sonataj, accusative plural sonatajn)

  1. singular present passive participle of soni

Ido

Adjective

sonata

  1. present passive participle of sonar

Italian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soˈna.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Hyphenation: so‧nà‧ta

Noun

sonata f (plural sonate)

  1. sonata
Descendants

Participle

sonata f sg

  1. feminine singular of sonato

Further reading

  • sonata in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

sonata

  1. Rōmaji transcription of そなた
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ソナタ

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian sonata, from the feminine past participle of sonare (modern suonare), from Latin sonāre (to make sound).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɔˈna.ta/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Syllabification: so‧na‧ta

Noun

sonata f

  1. (music) sonata

Declension

Derived terms

adjective

Further reading

  • sonata in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • sonata in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian sonata.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /soˈna.tɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /soˈna.ta/

  • Rhymes: -atɐ
  • Hyphenation: so‧na‧ta

Noun

sonata f (plural sonatas)

  1. (music) sonata (a musical composition for one or a few instruments)

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian sonata.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soˈnata/ [soˈna.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -ata
  • Syllabification: so‧na‧ta

Noun

sonata f (plural sonatas)

  1. sonata

Further reading

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