Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Describing a passage having this mark; singable, lyrical
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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adv
Played in this style; singingly, lyrically
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a lyrical manner
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
A passage having this mark
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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adjective satellite
smooth and flowing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: singing
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History
Borrowed from Italian cantabile (“singable, capable being sung”), derived from cantare (“to sing”). See also Latin cantabilis (“worthy to be sung”).
