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sonatina

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A musical composition resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a short and simple sonata

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sonata

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian sonatina (literally “small sonata”).

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: sonatina — piece resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler
  • Danish: sonatine — piece resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler
  • Dutch: sonatine — piece resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler
  • Finnish: sonatiini — piece resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler
  • French: sonatine — piece resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler
  • German: Sonatine — piece resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler
  • Hawaiian: puolo poko hui puhi ʻohe — piece resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler
  • Icelandic: sónatína — piece resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler
  • Italian: sonatina — piece resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler
  • Japanese: ソナチネ (sonachine) — piece resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler
  • Japanese: 小奏鳴曲 (shōsōmeikyoku) — piece resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler
  • Korean: 소나티네 (sonatine) — piece resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler
  • Korean: 소나티나 (sonatina) — piece resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler
  • Korean: 소주명곡 (sojumyeonggok) — piece resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler
  • Polish: sonatina — piece resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler
  • Portuguese: sonatina — piece resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler
  • Russian: сонати́на (sonatína) — piece resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler
  • Serbo-Croatian: сонати́на — piece resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler
  • Serbo-Croatian: sonatína — piece resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler
  • Slovene: sonatína — piece resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler
  • Spanish: sonatina — piece resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler
  • Swedish: sonatin — piece resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler