Madrigal Definition
mădrĭ-gəl
noun
A song for two or three unaccompanied voices, developed in Italy in the late 1200s and early 1300s.
American Heritage
A short poem, usually a love poem, which can be set to music.
Webster's New World
A part song, esp. an often contrapuntal song popular in the 15th, 16th, and 17th cent.
Webster's New World
A polyphonic song using a vernacular text and written for four to six voices, developed in Italy in the 16th century and popular in England in the 1500s and early 1600s.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Madrigal
Noun
Singular:
madrigal
Plural:
madrigalsOrigin of Madrigal
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Italian madrigale probably from dialectal madregal simple from Late Latin mātrīcālis invented, original from Latin of the womb from mātrīx mātrīc- womb from māter mātr- mother mater
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Italian madrigale, from Latin mātrīcālis.
From Wiktionary
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