"ritornello" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: ritornellos [plural], ritornelli [plural], ritornel [alternative], ritornell [alternative], ritornelle [alternative]
Etymology: Italian ritornello, diminutive of ritorno (“return”), from ritornare (“to return”): compare French ritournelle. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|it|ritornello}} Italian ritornello, {{cog|fr|ritournelle}} French ritournelle Head templates: {{en-noun|s|ritornelli}} ritornello (plural ritornellos or ritornelli)
  1. (music) A recurring tutti passage in Baroque music for orchestra or chorus.

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /ri.torˈnɛl.lo/ Forms: ritornelli [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛllo Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} ritornello m (plural ritornelli)
  1. (music) refrain, chorus, burden Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ritornello-it-noun-B~uSR5yn Categories (other): Music, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 25 34 40 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (music) riff Tags: masculine Synonyms: riff
    Sense id: en-ritornello-it-noun-hbg8pOwY Categories (other): Music, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 25 34 40 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. (by extension) same old story, refrain Tags: broadly, masculine
    Sense id: en-ritornello-it-noun-fCCTJCqv Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 24 32 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 25 34 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 32 45

Noun [Spanish]

Forms: ritornellos [plural]
Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} ritornello m (plural ritornellos)
  1. ritornello Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ritornello-es-noun-3Brm~84P Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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