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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Italian ritornello, diminutive of ritorno (“return”), from ritornare (“to return”): compare French ritournelle.
Noun
ritornello (plural ritornellos or ritornelli)
- (music) A recurring tutti passage in Baroque music for orchestra or chorus.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ri.torˈnɛl.lo/
- Rhymes: -ɛllo
- Hyphenation: ri‧tor‧nèl‧lo
Noun
ritornello m (plural ritornelli)
- (music) refrain, chorus, burden
- (music) riff
- Synonym: riff
- (by extension) same old story, refrain
Spanish
Noun
ritornello m (plural ritornellos)
- ritornello