Cantabile Definition
kän-täbĭ-lā
adjective
In an easy, flowing manner; like a song.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
A cantabile movement or passage.
Webster's New World
(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a lyrical manner.
Wiktionary
adverb
(music) Played in this style; singingly, lyrically.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Cantabile
Noun
Singular:
cantabilePlural:
cantabilesOrigin of Cantabile
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From Italian cantabile (“singable", "capable being sung”), derived from cantare (“to sing”). See also Latin cantabilis (“worthy to be sung”).
From Wiktionary
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Italian from Late Latin cantābilis worthy to be sung from Latin cantāre to sing kan- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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