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cavatina

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables
ca-vati-na
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An operatic song in slow tempo, either complete in itself or (e.g., in Bellini and Verdi) followed by a faster, more resolute section: hence

noun

A rather slow, song-like instrumental movement; the title, for example, of a movement in Beethoven's string quartet in B flat, op. 130 (1826) and of a once-famous piece (originally for violin and piano) by Raff, and of the slow movement of Rubra's string quartet No. 2.

Etymology

From Italian cavatina, diminutive of cavata.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

cavatinas (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

aria

Questions

What does cavatina mean?
An operatic song in slow tempo, either complete in itself or (e.g., in Bellini and Verdi) followed by a faster, more resolute section: hence
Where does cavatina come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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