cantabile

[ kahn-tah-bi-ley, -bee-, kuhn-; Italian kahn-tah-bee-le ]

/ kɑnˈtɑ bɪˌleɪ, -bi-, kən-; Italian kɑnˈtɑ biˌlɛ /

Music.

adjective

songlike and flowing in style.

adverb

in a cantabile manner.

Origin of cantabile

1720–30; <Italian <Late Latin cantābilis worth singing, equivalent to Latin cantā(re) to sing (see cant¹) + -bilis-ble

Words nearby cantabile

Canso, canst, cant, Cantab., can't abide, cantabile, Cantabrian Mountains, Cantabrigian, Cantal, cantala, cantalever

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Example sentences from the Web for cantabile

In this key there follows a long-breathed, cantabile melody—at first for strings alone, but scored with increasing richness.
Music: An Art and a Language|Walter Raymond Spalding
The portamento being an embellishment that pertains to the cantabile, it is very little used in declamatory singing.
Style in Singing|W. E. Haslam
Fioritura means embroidery, while cantabile means "song-like."
Chopin and Other Musical Essays|Henry T. Finck
The brilliancy of the theme and the uncommon beauty of the cantabile took the audience by surprise.
Ole Bull|Sara C. Bull

For postlude two measures from the cantabile of Chopin's "Funeral March" are used with droll effect.
Contemporary American Composers|Rupert Hughes

British Dictionary definitions for cantabile

cantabile

/ (kænˈtɑːbɪlɪ) music /

adjective, adverb

(to be performed) in a singing style, i.e. flowingly and melodiously

noun

a piece or passage performed in this way

Word Origin for cantabile

Italian, from Late Latin cantābilis, from Latin cantāre to sing

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单词	cantabile
释义	cantabile [ kahn-tah-bi-ley, -bee-, kuhn-; Italian kahn-tah-bee-le ] / kɑnˈtɑ bɪˌleɪ, -bi-, kən-; Italian kɑnˈtɑ biˌlɛ / Music. adjective songlike and flowing in style. adverb in a cantabile manner. Origin of cantabile 1720–30; <Italian <Late Latin cantābilis worth singing, equivalent to Latin cantā(re) to sing (see cant¹) + -bilis-ble Words nearby cantabile Canso, canst, cant, Cantab., can't abide, cantabile, Cantabrian Mountains, Cantabrigian, Cantal, cantala, cantalever Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cantabile In this key there follows a long-breathed, cantabile melody—at first for strings alone, but scored with increasing richness. Music: An Art and a Language\|Walter Raymond Spalding The portamento being an embellishment that pertains to the cantabile, it is very little used in declamatory singing. Style in Singing\|W. E. Haslam Fioritura means embroidery, while cantabile means "song-like." Chopin and Other Musical Essays\|Henry T. Finck The brilliancy of the theme and the uncommon beauty of the cantabile took the audience by surprise. Ole Bull\|Sara C. Bull For postlude two measures from the cantabile of Chopin's "Funeral March" are used with droll effect. Contemporary American Composers\|Rupert Hughes British Dictionary definitions for cantabile cantabile / (kænˈtɑːbɪlɪ) music / adjective, adverb (to be performed) in a singing style, i.e. flowingly and melodiously noun a piece or passage performed in this way Word Origin for cantabile Italian, from Late Latin cantābilis, from Latin cantāre to sing Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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