Passacaglia Definition

päsə-kälyə, păsə-kălyə
noun
A slow, stately Italian, Spanish, or French dance of the 17th c., similar to the chaconne.
Webster's New World
The music for this dance.
Webster's New World
A musical form based on this dance, in 3/4 time and with a continuous ground bass.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Passacaglia

Noun

Singular:
passacaglia
Plural:
passacaglias

Origin of Passacaglia

  • Italian From Spanish pasacalle pasar to pass, step pase calle street (from Latin callis call- path)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Italian passacaglia, from Spanish pasear (“to walk") + calle (“street").

    From Wiktionary

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Words Starting With

PPAPAS

Words Ending With

AIALIA

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