concerto

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See also: concertó and concertò

English

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Etymology

From Italian concerto. Doublet of concert.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /kənˈt͡ʃɛɹtoʊ/
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Noun

concerto (plural concertos or concerti)

  1. (music) A piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra.

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Catalan

Verb

concerto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of concertar

French

Pronunciation

Noun

concerto m (plural concertos)

  1. concerto

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈt͡ʃɛr.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrto
  • Hyphenation: con‧cèr‧to

Etymology 1

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Noun

concerto m (plural concerti)

  1. (music) concert, recital
  2. (music) concerto
  3. agreement, concert
    Synonym: accordo
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

concerto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of concertare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ certō.

Pronunciation

Verb

concertō (present infinitive concertāre, perfect active concertāvī, supine concertātum); first conjugation

  1. to fight or contend
  2. to dispute or debate

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Descendants

References

  • concerto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • concerto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • concerto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to hold an altercation with a man: verbis concertare or altercari cum aliquo (B. C. 3. 19. 6)
  • concerto in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian concerto (concert).

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Noun

concerto m (plural concertos)

  1. concert (a musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

concerto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of concertar