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sonata

so·na·ta
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [suh-nah-tuh]
    • /səˈnɑ tə/
    • /səˈnɑː.tə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suh-nah-tuh]
    • /səˈnɑ tə/

Definitions of sonata word

  • noun sonata a composition for one or two instruments, typically in three or four movements in contrasted forms and keys. 1
  • noun sonata musical composition 1
  • noun Technical meaning of sonata (operating system)   The code name for the major Mac OS release due in mid-1999. 1
  • countable noun sonata A sonata is a piece of classical music written either for a single instrument, or for one instrument and a piano. 0
  • noun sonata an instrumental composition, usually in three or more movements, for piano alone (piano sonata) or for any other instrument with or without piano accompaniment (violin sonata, cello sonata, etc) 0
  • noun sonata a one-movement keyboard composition of the baroque period 0
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Origin of sonata

First appearance:

before 1685
One of the 48% oldest English words
1685-95; < Italian < Latin sonāta, feminine of sonātus (past participle of sonāre to sound1). See sonant, -ate1

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Parts of speech for Sonata

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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sonata popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • sonata da camera

    an instrumental musical form, common in the Baroque period, usually consisting of a series of dances.

  • sonata da chiesa

    an instrumental musical form, common in the Baroque period, that usually consists of four movements alternating between slow and fast.

  • art form

    If you describe an activity as an art form, you mean that it is concerned with creating objects, works, or performances that are beautiful or have a serious meaning.

  • concertante

    characterized by contrasting alternating tutti and solo passages

  • execution

    The carrying out or putting into effect of a plan, order, or course of action.

  • rondo

    a work or movement, often the last movement of a sonata, having one principal subject that is stated at least three times in the same key and to which return is made after the introduction of each subordinate theme.
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