aria
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English
Etymology
From Italian aria, metathesis from Latin āerem, accusative of āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”). Doublet of air.
Pronunciation
Noun
- (music) A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.
Translations
type of musical piece
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Anagrams
Asturian
Adjective
aria
Corsican
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin aer, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr). Cognates include Italian aria and French air.
Pronunciation
Noun
aria f (plural arie)
References
- “aria, ariu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa
- Mathée Giacomo-Marcellesi (1997) Corse, LINCOM, →ISBN, page 3
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latin āērea or āēre, from āēr.
Noun
aria f
- air
- appearance
- Matteo Bartoli, Il Dalmatico :
- L'aria de nuát no stói bun.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
aria f (plural arias)
Further reading
- “aria”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch aria, from Italian aria, metathesis from Latin āerem, accusative of āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”).
Pronunciation
Noun
aria (plural aria-aria, first-person possessive ariaku, second-person possessive ariamu, third-person possessive arianya)
- (music) aria: A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.
Further reading
- “aria” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Etymology
Metathesis from Latin āera, Greek-type accusative of āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”). See also aere.
Pronunciation
Noun
aria f (plural arie)
- air
- look, appearance, countenance
- (plural only) airs
- wind (all senses)
- (music) aria, song
Related terms
Descendants
- → Afrikaans: aria
- → Asturian: aria
- → Azerbaijani: ariya
- → Belarusian: арыя (aryja)
- → Bulgarian: ария (arija)
- → Catalan: ària
- → Czech: árie
- → Danish: arie
- → Dutch: arie
- → English: aria
- → Esperanto: ario
- → Estonian: aaria
- → French: aria
- → Galician: aria
- → Gallurese: aria
- → Irish: áiria
- → Georgian: არია (aria)
- → German: Arie
- → Greek: άρια (ária)
- → Hungarian: ária
- → Japanese: アリア (aria)
- → Kazakh: ария (ariä)
- → Latvian: ārija
- → Lithuanian: arija
- → Malay: aria
- Indonesian: aria
- → Maori: āria
- → Mongolian: ари (ari)
- → Northern Kurdish: arya
- → Polish: aria
- → Portuguese: ária
- → Romanian: arie
- → Russian: а́рия (árija)
- → Sardinian: àera
- → Sassarese: aria
- → Sicilian: aria
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Slovene: arija
- → Spanish: aria
- → Tagalog: arya
- → Slovak: ária
- → Swedish: aria
- → Finnish: aaria
- → Turkish: arya
- → Ukrainian: арія (arija)
- → Uzbek: ariya
Anagrams
Kikuyu
Etymology
Hinde (1904) records kuarria as an equivalent of English say and speak in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu.
Pronunciation
Verb
aria (infinitive kwaria)
Derived terms
(Nouns)
Related terms
- mwarĩrie class 3
See also
References
- ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 50–51, 54–55. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Further reading
- Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 360. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
aria f
Declension
Declension of aria
Related terms
noun
Further reading
- aria in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- aria in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romansch
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”).
Noun
aria f
Synonyms
Saaroa
Alternative forms
Noun
aria
Sicilian
Pronunciation
Noun
aria f
- (non trisyllabic) Alternative form of ària
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
aria f (plural arias)
- (music) aria (a musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata)
Descendants
- → Tagalog: arya
Etymology 2
Noun
aria f (plural arias)
- female equivalent of ario (“Aryan”)
Adjective
aria
Further reading
- “aria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Noun
aria c
- an aria
Declension
| Declension of aria | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | aria | arian | arior | ariorna |
| Genitive | arias | arians | ariors | ariornas |
Descendants
- → Finnish: aaria