noun
Meaning 1
A play or a musical product which has a pastoral subject.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
pastorale
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noun
Meaning 2
An artwork that is suggestive of pastoral themes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She was in the country, painting her first pastorale.
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noun
Meaning 3
One of the figures of a quadrille.
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noun
Meaning 4
a musical composition that evokes rural life
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pastoral, idyll, idyl
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: musical composition, opus, composition, piece, piece of music
History
Etymology
From French, from Middle French pastorale; or from Italian pastorale, hence the plural pastorali.