Madrigal definition
A short poem, usually a love poem, which can be set to music.
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A song for two or three unaccompanied voices, developed in Italy in the late 1200s and early 1300s.
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A short poem, often about love, suitable for being set to music.
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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.
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A part song.
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
madrigal
Plural:
madrigalsOrigin of madrigal
- 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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