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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mad•ri•gal /ˈmædrɪgəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Music and Dancea song sung without musical instruments, usually having many parts.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mad•ri•gal (mad′ri gəl),USA pronunciation n. - Music and Dancea secular part song without instrumental accompaniment, usually for four to six voices, making abundant use of contrapuntal imitation, popular esp. in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- Literaturea lyric poem suitable for being set to music, usually short and often of amatory character, esp. fashionable in the 16th century and later, in Italy, France, England, etc.
- Music and Danceany part song.
- Medieval Latin mātricāle something simple, noun, nominal use of neuter of Late Latin mātricālis literally, of the womb. See matrix, -al1
- Italian madrigale
- 1580–90;
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: madrigal /ˈmædrɪɡəl/ n - a type of 16th- or 17th-century part song for unaccompanied voices with an amatory or pastoral text
Etymology: 16th Century: from Italian, from Medieval Latin mātricāle primitive, apparently from Latin mātrīcālis of the womb, from matrīx wombˈmadrigalˌesque adj madrigalian /ˌmædrɪˈɡælɪən -ˈɡeɪ-/ adj ˈmadrigalist n |