English Explanatory Dictionary

cabaletta

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A short, rhythmically repetitive aria.

Pronunciation

/kæbəˈlɛtə/

Word forms

cabaletta cabalettas

Etymology

An Italian variant of coboletta, diminutive of cobola (“stanza, couplet”), from Old Occitan cobla, from Latin copula. Doublet of couplet.

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