sonatina
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See also: sónatína
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian sonatina (literally “small sonata”).
Noun
sonatina (plural sonatinas or sonatine)
- A musical composition resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler.
- 2005, Willard A. Palmer, First Sonatina Book: Alfred Masterwork Edition - Piano Sheet Music Collection, Alfred Music, →ISBN, page 1:
- A sonatina usually has 2 or 3 rather short movements. While these movements provide contrasts of tempo and mood, they also complement one another, combining to fulfill the overall plan for a complete work in several parts.
Translations
piece resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler
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Noun
sonatina f (plural sonatines)
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian sonatina.
Pronunciation
Noun
sonatina f (plural sonatina's)
- Alternative form of sonatine
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
sonatina f (plural sonatine)
Descendants
Further reading
- sonatina in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
sonatina on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian sonatina.
Pronunciation
Noun
sonatina f
Declension
Declension of sonatina
Further reading
- sonatina in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- sonatina in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: so‧na‧ti‧na
Noun
sonatina f (plural sonatinas)
- sonatina (short or simple sonata)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
sonatína f (Cyrillic spelling сонати́на)
Declension
Declension of sonatina
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sonatina | sonatine |
| genitive | sonatine | sonatina |
| dative | sonatini | sonatinama |
| accusative | sonatinu | sonatine |
| vocative | sonatino | sonatine |
| locative | sonatini | sonatinama |
| instrumental | sonatinom | sonatinama |
Slovene
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
sonatȋna f
Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | sonatína | ||
| gen. sing. | sonatíne | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
sonatína | sonatíni | sonatíne |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
sonatíne | sonatín | sonatín |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
sonatíni | sonatínama | sonatínam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
sonatíno | sonatíni | sonatíne |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
sonatíni | sonatínah | sonatínah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
sonatíno | sonatínama | sonatínami |
Further reading
- “sonatina”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “sonatina”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references