noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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US:/kənˈt͡ʃɛɹtoʊ/
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noun
Meaning 1
A piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a composition for orchestra and a soloist
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: classical music, classical, serious music
Narrower terms: concerto grosso
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian concerto, deverbal from concertare. Doublet of concert.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
協奏曲 /协奏曲
(xiézòuqǔ)
— a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Dutch:
concert
— a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Finnish:
konsertto
— a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
French:
concerto
— a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
German:
Konzert
— a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Greek:
κοντσέρτο
(kontsérto)
— a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Hungarian:
versenymű
— a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Hungarian:
-verseny
— a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Indonesian:
konserto
— a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Italian:
concerto
— a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Japanese:
協奏曲
(kyōsōkyoku)
— a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Khakas:
концерт
(kontsert)
— a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Korean:
협주곡
(hyeopjugok)
— a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Malay:
konserto
— a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Māori:
puoro whakatene
— a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Polish:
koncert
— a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Portuguese:
concerto
— a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Romanian:
concert
— a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Russian:
конце́рт
(koncért)
— a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Slovene:
koncert
— a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Spanish:
concierto
— a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Tibetan:
རམ་འདེགས་རོལ་དབྱངས
(ram 'degs rol dbyangs)
— a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Turkish:
konçerto
— a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Tuvan:
концерт
(kontsert)
— a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Vietnamese:
công xéc tô
— a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Vietnamese:
công-xéc-tô
— a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Yakut:
концерт
(kontsert)
— a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
