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English
Etymology
Compare French rosalie. Doublet of rusalka.
Noun
rosalia (plural rosalias)
- (music) A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated, each time a tone or semi-tone higher or lower
- Synonym: melodic sequence
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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Rosalia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /roˈza.lja/
- Rhymes: -alja
- Hyphenation: ro‧sà‧lia
Noun
rosalia f (plural rosalie)
- any insect in the Rosalia taxonomic genus
Further reading
- rosalia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Etymology
From rosāles ("an annual feast when tombs were adorned with rose garlands"), from rosa (“rose”).
Noun
rōsālia f (genitive rōsāliae); first declension
- ceremony of hanging up the garlands of roses
Declension
First-declension noun.
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