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Meaning of "cantabile" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CANTABILE

Italian, from Late Latin cantābilis, from Latin cantāre to sing.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CANTABILE

cantabile  [kænˈtɑːbɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CANTABILE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cantabile can act as a noun, an adjective and an adverb.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

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WHAT DOES CANTABILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cantabile

In music, cantabile, an Italian word, means literally "singable" or "songlike". In instrumental music, it is a particular style of playing designed to imitate the human voice. For 18th-century composers, cantabile is often synonymous with "cantando", and indicates a measured tempo and flexible, legato playing. For later composers, particularly in piano music, cantabile is the drawing out of one particular musical line against the accompaniment. One such example is an instrumental by Harry James & His Orchestra, called "Trumpet Blues and Cantabile". A cantabile movement, or simply a "cantabile", is the first half of a double aria, followed by a cabaletta. The cantabile movement would be slower and more free-form to contrast with the structured and generally faster cabaletta. Louis Spohr subtitled his violin concerto No. 8 "in moda d'una scena cantata," "in the manner of a sung scene"; opera arias exerted a strong influence on the "singable" cantabile melodic line in Romantic writing for stringed instruments.

Definition of cantabile in the English dictionary

The definition of cantabile in the dictionary is in a singing style, i.e. flowingly and melodiously. Other definition of cantabile is a piece or passage performed in this way.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CANTABILE


billy
ˈbɪlɪ
chubbily
ˈtʃʌbɪlɪ
clubbily
ˈklʌbɪlɪ
crabbily
ˈkræbɪlɪ
Cybele
ˈsɪbɪlɪ
flabbily
ˈflæbɪlɪ
grubbily
ˈɡrʌbɪlɪ
hillbilly
ˈhɪlˌbɪlɪ
loobily
ˈluːbɪlɪ
memorabile
ˌmɛməˈræbɪlɪ
nobbily
ˈnɒbɪlɪ
psychobilly
ˈsaɪkəˌbɪlɪ
rockabilly
ˈrɒkəˌbɪlɪ
scabbily
ˈskæbɪlɪ
scrubbily
ˈskrʌbɪlɪ
shabbily
ˈʃæbɪlɪ
silly-billy
ˌsɪlɪˈbɪlɪ
snobbily
ˈsnɒbɪlɪ
stubbily
ˈstʌbɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CANTABILE

cant hook
Cant.
Cantab.
cantabank
Cantabria
Cantabrian
Cantabrian Mountains
Cantabrians
Cantabrigia
Cantabrigian
Cantal
cantala
cantaloup
cantaloupe
cantankerous
cantankerously
cantankerousness
cantata
cantate
cantatrice

WORDS THAT END LIKE CANTABILE

airmobile
amabile
automobile
ballabile
bile
bloodmobile
debile
habile
immobile
labile
mobile
Nobile
nubile
piano nobile
Popemobile
snowmobile
stabile
tempolabile
thermolabile
upwardly mobile

Synonyms and antonyms of cantabile in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cantabile» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CANTABILE

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如歌
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cantabile
570 millions of speakers

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cantabile
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Cantabile
380 millions of speakers
ar

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cantabile
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кантабиле
278 millions of speakers

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cantabile
270 millions of speakers

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cantabile
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cantabile
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cantabile
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Translator English - German

cantabile
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Translator English - Japanese

カンタービレの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

칸타빌레
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cantabile
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

khúc nhạc thăng trầm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நடையுடைய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कँटबील
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cantabile
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cantabile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cantabile
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кантабіле
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Cantabile
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

μελωδικός
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

cantabile
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

cantabile
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Cantabile
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cantabile

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CANTABILE»

The term «cantabile» is quite widely used and occupies the 48.819 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cantabile

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CANTABILE»

Discover the use of cantabile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cantabile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Moderato Cantabile
Grime and Detective. Moderato Cantabile is a carefully woven tapestry of emotion that begins with a jealous lover murdering the woman he loves.
Marguerite Duras, 2008
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Cantabile: Duets for Mandolin and Guitar
"This companion book to the CD Cantabile by Butch Baldassari and John Mock fills a void in the all too often hard to find category of music for mandolin and classical guitar, expanding the repertoire for the intimate combination of these ...
‎2002
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Nodame Cantabile: The Essential Guide
Because of this, he questions how far he can go in music, especially when he's passed over again and again. This is when he meets Nodame, or Megumi Noda, a messy free spirit who reminds Chiaki that music can be fun.
Naohiko Sasaki, HC Language Solutions Inc, 2007
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Cantabile
This companion book to the CD Cantabile by Butch Baldassari and John Mock fills a void in the all too often hard to find category of music for mandolin and classical guitar, expanding the repertoire for the intimate combination of these two ...
Baldassari, Sinclair, Butch Baldassari, John Mock, 2010
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Cantabile: A Manual About Beautiful Singing for Singers, ...
A definitive source for individual singers, voice teachers and choral conductors, Cantabile provides intricate illustrations, a complete glossary and extensive index, and specific vocal exercises for every student and teacher. --from ...
Katharin Rundus, 2009
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In Search of Bach's Cantabile
This work should help the reader achieve a more thorough understanding of the message conveyed in music, and should be useful to music students and teachers alike.
Magdalena Baczewska, 2009
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Cantabile and Presto
Georges Enesco. ل ل همته~ه ك ب لنا . ة~س~لآ~اكل~لة~لقية.~فيه~أ فر نحط نطة ،~س~ اععحم ييهههقهعلر يقلئئئلا ا «له لفلنكثهتليتتلننقليهثكنكنلآ . لمهل~لت~( مه نا~اا ع~ل ، ، أ ا~لنلننلنرنننرلننرنثنأ تمستسم-لنلة اقققلى يه سار عت٠تنق غني ...
Georges Enesco
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Nodame Cantabile 16
Shinichi Chiaki dreams of becoming a conductor like his mentor and Megumi Noda, also known as Nodame, wants to become a famous musician, but to succeed both with have to face intense rivalry and competition.
Tomoko Ninomiya, David Walsh, 2009
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Apocalyptic Desires:
It is mobilised by Duras as a sublime and transgressive force that overwhelms any single effort at understanding. Demarcation lines are effaced, and it is difficult as a consequence even to know to what genre Moderato cantabile itself belongs,  ...
Leslie Hill, 1993
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Divas and Scholars: Performing Italian Opera
In Maometto II the piece consists of a chorus, a cantabile (“Sorgete”), in which Maometto exhorts his followers to battle, a tempo di mezzo (a transitional section, featuring the chorus), and the cabaletta (a quicker final section, whose main ...
Philip Gossett, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CANTABILE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cantabile is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Classical Music Network
Descharmes' interpretation broadens with elegiac cantabile lines in the middle section while his “Largo – Allegro focoso” tussles with snarly ... «ConcertoNet, Jul 15»
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Friends of St Thomas à Becket Church, Huntington launches a world …
He introduced two superb singers, Jess and Evie Price from Brilley, who are former members of the Hereford Cathedral Choir, Cantabile and ... «Hereford Times, Jul 15»
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Diary Dates: One-stop round up of things to do in Somerset from July …
Cantabile Ladies Choir Summer Concert, 8pm, St Thomas's Church, St Thomas Street, Wells. Diabetes UK drop-in session, 9am to noon, ... «Wells Journal, Jul 15»
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Taunton Prep School prize giving
The audience also heard two songs from the Cantabile Choir. Those present were welcomed by Mr Henry Keeling, who said it was his first ... «This is The West Country, Jul 15»
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Review: Russian National Orchestra
The andante cantabile second movement was the symphony's crown jewel. Lead horn player Igor Makarov started with an affecting – if not ... «Time Out Hong Kong, Jul 15»
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Concert Review: Trio Phoenix makes impressive debut
Cellist Yeh lapped up all her cantabile moments, a perfect foil to Choo's incisiveness and scintillating piano runs. The mercurial Scherzo was a ... «The Straits Times, Jun 15»
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Ini Ucapan Ruly Sihotang Sebelum Pergi Selamanya
"Selamat jalan Sahabat ku Ruly Yustinus Sihotang, suka dan duka kita lewati bersama di paduan suara Cantabile Choir, sering kena tegur tapi ... «Tribun Medan, Jun 15»
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Pianist Symposes Unerroneously
The Passepied was full of beguiling charm—propulsive yet cantabile. In Chopin's famed Twelve Études, Op. 10 (1829-1905) one could easily ... «The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Jun 15»
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Singers start to fine tune for big week
... in the Three Choirs Plus programme that runs throughout festival week – and Hereford Cathedral School's very own Cantabile, winners of the ... «Evesham Journal, Jun 15»
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Chamber Music Northwest, NW Dance Project animate Chopin's …
Peter Wiley played them beautifully, too, alternating between high-register cantabile and brooding bass in the former and easy virtuosity in the ... «OregonLive.com, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Cantabile [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/cantabile>. Apr 2024 ».
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