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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pastorale

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables
pas-torale
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A play or a musical product which has a pastoral subject.

noun

An artwork that is suggestive of pastoral themes.

noun

One of the figures of a quadrille.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From French, from Middle French pastorale; or from Italian pastorale, hence the plural pastorali.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

pastorales (plural) pastorali (plural)

Synonyms

pastoral idyll idyl

Questions

What does pastorale mean?
A play or a musical product which has a pastoral subject.
Where does pastorale come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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