in an easy, flowing manner; like a song: often used as a musical direction
Origin of cantabile
Italian from Late Latin cantabilis, worthy to be sung from Classical Latin cantare: see chant a cantabile movement or passage
cantabile
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cantabile
Music
adverb
adjective
In a smooth, lyrical, flowing style. Used chiefly as a direction.
noun
A cantabile passage or movement.
Origin of cantabile
Italian from Late Latin cantābilis worthy to be sung from Latin cantāre to sing ; see kan- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural cantabiles)
- (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a lyrical manner
- (music) A passage having this mark
Adverb
(comparative more cantabile, superlative most cantabile)
Adjective
(comparative more cantabile, superlative most cantabile)
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