sonata
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/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːtə
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /soʊˈneɪtə/
Noun
sonata (plural sonatas)
- (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
Related terms
Translations
a musical composition for one or a few instruments
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See also
Anagrams
Catalan
Pronunciation
References
- “sonata”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Further reading
- “sonata” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “sonata” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “sonata” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Esperanto
Ido
Italian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soˈna.ta/
- Rhymes: -ata
- Hyphenation: so‧nà‧ta
Descendants
Further reading
- sonata in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ata
- Syllabification: so‧na‧ta
Declension
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /soˈna.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /soˈna.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /suˈna.tɐ/
- Rhymes: -atɐ
- Hyphenation: so‧na‧ta
Further reading
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soˈnata/ [soˈna.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -ata
- Syllabification: so‧na‧ta
Further reading
- “sonata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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