adj
Meaning 1
of a recital
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
recitative
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
Pronunciation
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/ɹɛˈsaɪtətɪv/
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/ˈɹɛsɪteɪtɪv/
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/ɹɛsɪtəˈtiːv/
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noun
Meaning 2
dialogue, in an opera etc, that, rather than being sung as an aria, is reproduced with the rhythms of normal speech, often with simple musical accompaniment or harpsichord continuo, serving to expound the plot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
Examples
- In Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience, Bunthorne performs the recitative "Am I Alone and Unobserved?" before going on to his solo aria "If You're Anxious For To Shine".
Meaning relationships
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noun
Meaning 3
a vocal passage of narrative text that a singer delivers with natural rhythms of speech
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: passage, musical passage
Narrower terms: arioso
History
Etymology
From Italian recitativo, from recitare, from Latin recitō.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: рэчытаты́ў (rečytatýw) — dialogue in an opera etc.
- Bulgarian: речитатив (rečitativ) — dialogue in an opera etc.
- Catalan: recitatiu — dialogue in an opera etc.
- Czech: recitativ — dialogue in an opera etc.
- Danish: recitativ — dialogue in an opera etc.
- Dutch: recitatief — dialogue in an opera etc.
- Finnish: resitatiivi — dialogue in an opera etc.
- French: récitatif — dialogue in an opera etc.
- German: Rezitativ — dialogue in an opera etc.
- Greek: ρετσιτατίβο (retsitatívo) — dialogue in an opera etc.
- Hungarian: recitativo — dialogue in an opera etc.
- Irish: reacaireacht — dialogue in an opera etc.
- Irish: ceolreacaireacht — dialogue in an opera etc.
- Italian: recitativo — dialogue in an opera etc.
- Norwegian Bokmål: resitativ — dialogue in an opera etc.
- Norwegian Nynorsk: resitativ — dialogue in an opera etc.
- Polish: recytatyw — dialogue in an opera etc.
- Portuguese: recitativo — dialogue in an opera etc.
- Romanian: recitativ — dialogue in an opera etc.
- Russian: речитати́в (rečitatív) — dialogue in an opera etc.
- Slovak: recitativ — dialogue in an opera etc.
- Spanish: recitativo — dialogue in an opera etc.
- Swedish: recitativ — dialogue in an opera etc.
- Ukrainian: речитати́в (rečytatýv) — dialogue in an opera etc.
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