sinfonietta
Appearance
See also: Sinfonietta
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Either:
- from the Italian sinfonietta;
- formed on the Italian roots sinfonia (“symphony”) + -etta (feminine diminutive suffix), either in English or in German (as Sinfonietta) and adopted thence; or,
- an alteration of the French symphoniette to resemble an Italian construction of the form sinfonia + -etta.
Compare the French–Italian hybrid symphonietta.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sĭnfōnyĕʹtə, IPA(key): /sɪnfəʊˈnjɛtə/
- or as in Italian
Noun
[edit]sinfonietta (plural sinfoniettas or sinfoniette)
- (music) A small-scale symphony (either in length or size of orchestra needed).
- (music) A small orchestra.
Translations
[edit]small-scale symphony
small orchestra
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References
[edit]- “‖sinfonietta” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
(sinfoniˈɛtta, sɪnfəʊˈnjɛtə) [It., dim. of prec.] - Grove Music Online, Sinfonietta
The word is not genuine Italian and has been little used by Italian composers. It was apparently coined by Joachim Raff, whose Sinfonietta in F for ten wind instruments, op.188, was published in 1874. - The Oxford Companion to Music, sinfonietta
The first known work to be so designated was Rimsky-Korsakov’s Symphoniette sur des thèmes russes, composed c. 1880 and published in 1887. Since the early 20th century the Italian form ‘sinfonietta’ has been preferred (the word is not genuinely Italian, however).
Anagrams
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian sinfonietta.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sinfonietta
Declension
[edit]Inflection of sinfonietta (Kotus type 9*C/kala, tt-t gradation) | |||
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nominative | sinfonietta | sinfonietat | |
genitive | sinfonietan | sinfoniettojen | |
partitive | sinfoniettaa | sinfoniettoja | |
illative | sinfoniettaan | sinfoniettoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | sinfonietta | sinfonietat | |
accusative | nom. | sinfonietta | sinfonietat |
gen. | sinfonietan | ||
genitive | sinfonietan | sinfoniettojen sinfoniettain rare | |
partitive | sinfoniettaa | sinfoniettoja | |
inessive | sinfonietassa | sinfonietoissa | |
elative | sinfonietasta | sinfonietoista | |
illative | sinfoniettaan | sinfoniettoihin | |
adessive | sinfonietalla | sinfonietoilla | |
ablative | sinfonietalta | sinfonietoilta | |
allative | sinfonietalle | sinfonietoille | |
essive | sinfoniettana | sinfoniettoina | |
translative | sinfonietaksi | sinfonietoiksi | |
abessive | sinfonietatta | sinfonietoitta | |
instructive | — | sinfonietoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “sinfonietta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sinfonietta f (plural sinfoniette)
- diminutive of sinfonia
- sinfonia (both senses)
Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sinfonietta c
Declension
[edit]Declension of sinfonietta
References
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- English terms borrowed from Italian
- English terms derived from Italian
- English terms borrowed from German
- English terms derived from German
- English terms derived from French
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Music
- Finnish terms borrowed from Italian
- Finnish terms derived from Italian
- Finnish 5-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Finnish/etːɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/etːɑ/5 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Music
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- Italian terms suffixed with -etta
- Italian 4-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛtta
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛtta/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
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- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
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