madrigal
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English
Etymology
From Italian madrigale, from Latin mātrīcālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmæd͡ɹɪɡəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
madrigal (plural madrigals)
- (music) A song for a small number of unaccompanied voices; from 13th century Italy.
- (music) A polyphonic song for about six voices, from 16th century Italy.
- (poetry) A short poem, often pastoral, and suitable to be set to music.
Derived terms
Translations
either musical sense
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French
Pronunciation
Noun
madrigal m (plural madrigaux)
Further reading
- “madrigal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
madrigal m (plural madrigais)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French madrigal.
Noun
madrigal n (plural madrigale)
Declension
Declension of madrigal
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) madrigal | madrigalul | (niște) madrigale | madrigalele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) madrigal | madrigalului | (unor) madrigale | madrigalelor |
| vocative | madrigalule | madrigalelor | ||
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian madrigale, from Latin mātrīcālis.
Pronunciation
Noun
madrìgāl m (Cyrillic spelling мадрѝга̄л)
Declension
Declension of madrigal
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | madrìgāl | madrigali |
| genitive | madrigála | madrigala |
| dative | madrigalu | madrigalima |
| accusative | madrigal | madrigale |
| vocative | madrigale | madrigali |
| locative | madrigalu | madrigalima |
| instrumental | madrigalom | madrigalima |
Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
madrigal m (plural madrigales)
Further reading
- “madrigal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014