Borrowed from Italian tarantella, a diminutive of Taranto, a town in southern Italy (but popularly associated with tarantola (“tarantula”), on the belief that the dance was variously a result of, or cure for, its bite).
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tarantella (plural tarantellas)
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Form of taranteli, folk-etymologically associated with etymology 2 (probably also by influence from English tarantula).
tarantella
Inflection of tarantella (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | tarantella | tarantellat | ||
genitive | tarantellan | tarantellojen | ||
partitive | tarantellaa | tarantelloja | ||
illative | tarantellaan | tarantelloihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | tarantella | tarantellat | ||
accusative | nom. | tarantella | tarantellat | |
gen. | tarantellan | |||
genitive | tarantellan | tarantellojen tarantellain rare | ||
partitive | tarantellaa | tarantelloja | ||
inessive | tarantellassa | tarantelloissa | ||
elative | tarantellasta | tarantelloista | ||
illative | tarantellaan | tarantelloihin | ||
adessive | tarantellalla | tarantelloilla | ||
ablative | tarantellalta | tarantelloilta | ||
allative | tarantellalle | tarantelloille | ||
essive | tarantellana | tarantelloina | ||
translative | tarantellaksi | tarantelloiksi | ||
abessive | tarantellatta | tarantelloitta | ||
instructive | — | tarantelloin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
From Italian tarantella.
tarantella
Inflection of tarantella (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | tarantella | tarantellat | ||
genitive | tarantellan | tarantellojen | ||
partitive | tarantellaa | tarantelloja | ||
illative | tarantellaan | tarantelloihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | tarantella | tarantellat | ||
accusative | nom. | tarantella | tarantellat | |
gen. | tarantellan | |||
genitive | tarantellan | tarantellojen tarantellain rare | ||
partitive | tarantellaa | tarantelloja | ||
inessive | tarantellassa | tarantelloissa | ||
elative | tarantellasta | tarantelloista | ||
illative | tarantellaan | tarantelloihin | ||
adessive | tarantellalla | tarantelloilla | ||
ablative | tarantellalta | tarantelloilta | ||
allative | tarantellalle | tarantelloille | ||
essive | tarantellana | tarantelloina | ||
translative | tarantellaksi | tarantelloiksi | ||
abessive | tarantellatta | tarantelloitta | ||
instructive | — | tarantelloin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Diminutive of Taranto, a town in southern Italy (but popularly associated with tarantola (“tarantula”).
tarantella f (plural tarantelle)