cavatina
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English
Etymology
From Italian cavatina, diminutive of cavata.
Noun
cavatina (plural cavatinas)
- (music) An operatic song in slow tempo, either complete in itself or (e.g., in Bellini and Verdi) followed by a faster, more resolute section: hence
- (music) A rather slow, song-like instrumental movement; the title, for example, of a movement in Beethoven's string quartet in B flat, op. 130 (1826) and of a once-famous piece (originally for violin and piano) by Raff, and of the slow movement of Rubra's string quartet No. 2.
Translations
An operatic song in slow tempo
See also
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
cavatina
Declension
| Inflection of cavatina (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | cavatina | cavatinat | |
| genitive | cavatinan | cavatinoiden cavatinoitten cavatinojen | |
| partitive | cavatinaa | cavatinoita cavatinoja | |
| illative | cavatinaan | cavatinoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | cavatina | cavatinat | |
| accusative | nom. | cavatina | cavatinat |
| gen. | cavatinan | ||
| genitive | cavatinan | cavatinoiden cavatinoitten cavatinojen cavatinain rare | |
| partitive | cavatinaa | cavatinoita cavatinoja | |
| inessive | cavatinassa | cavatinoissa | |
| elative | cavatinasta | cavatinoista | |
| illative | cavatinaan | cavatinoihin | |
| adessive | cavatinalla | cavatinoilla | |
| ablative | cavatinalta | cavatinoilta | |
| allative | cavatinalle | cavatinoille | |
| essive | cavatinana | cavatinoina | |
| translative | cavatinaksi | cavatinoiksi | |
| abessive | cavatinatta | cavatinoitta | |
| instructive | — | cavatinoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Indonesian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Italian cavatina.
Noun
cavatina
Further reading
- “cavatina” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Spanish
Noun
cavatina f (plural cavatinas)
Further reading
- “cavatina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28