"ostinato" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɒstɪˈnɑtoʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ostinato.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ostinatos [plural], ostinati [plural]
Etymology: From Italian ostinato (“stubborn”). Doublet of obstinate. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|ostinato|t=stubborn}} Italian ostinato (“stubborn”), {{doublet|en|obstinate}} Doublet of obstinate Head templates: {{en-noun|s|ostinati}} ostinato (plural ostinatos or ostinati)
  1. (music) A piece of melody, a chord progression, or a bass figure that is repeated over and over as a musical accompaniment. Wikipedia link: Ostinato Categories (topical): Music Related terms: basso ostinato Translations (music: figure that is repeated over and over): ostinato [masculine] (Catalan), 固定音型 (gùdìngyīnxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 頑固音型 (Chinese Mandarin), 顽固音型 (wángùyīnxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), ostinato (Esperanto), ostinato (Estonian), ostinato (Finnish), Ostinato [masculine, neuter] (German), остина́то (ostináto) [neuter] (Macedonian), остина́то (ostináto) [neuter] (Russian), остина̑то [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ostinȃto [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ostinato [masculine] (Spanish)

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