English Explanatory Dictionary

madrigal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A song for a small number of unaccompanied voices; from 13th century Italy.
  2. A polyphonic song for about six voices, from 16th century Italy.
  3. A short poem, often pastoral, and suitable to be set to music.

Pronunciation

/ˈmæd͡ɹɪɡəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-madrigal.wav

Word forms

madrigal madrigals

Etymology

From Italian madrigale, from Latin mātrīcālis.

Derived words

madrigaler madrigalian madrigalic madrigalist madrigalistic

Translations

Armenian: մադրիգալ Belarusian: мадрыга́л Bulgarian: мадригал Chinese Cantonese: 牧歌 Chinese: 牧歌 Chinese Mandarin: 牧歌 Dutch: madrigaal Esperanto: madrigalo Finnish: madrigaali French: madrigal Galician: madrigal Georgian: მადრიგალი German: Madrigal Greek: μαδριγάλι Hungarian: madrigál Icelandic: madrígal Icelandic: madrígali Ido: madrigalo Italian: madrigale Japanese: マドリガル Korean: 마드리갈 Kyrgyz: мадригал Latin: madrigalis Lithuanian: madrigalas Manx: ronniaght Polish: madrygał Portuguese: madrigal Russian: мадрига́л Serbo-Croatian: мадрѝга̄л Serbo-Croatian: madrìgāl Slovak: madrigal Slovene: madrigál Spanish: madrigal Swedish: madrigal Ukrainian: мадрига́л
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