English Explanatory Dictionary

canzonetta

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A style of popular Italian secular vocal composition which originated around 1560, or a piece composed in this style

Word forms

canzonetta canzonettas

Etymology

From Italian canzonetta, from canzone (“song”) + -etta (“-ette: forming diminutives”), from Latin cantiō. Doublet of canzonet. Cf. canzone.

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