ostinato
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian ostinato (“stubborn”). Doublet of obstinate.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ostinato (plural ostinatos or ostinati)
- (music) A piece of melody, a chord progression, or a bass figure that is repeated over and over as a musical accompaniment.
- 2009 January 26, Anthony Tommasini, “Pricking Up the Ears to Listen for Echoes of California”, in New York Times[1]:
- The piece moves in alluring spans of swirling figures, jagged lines and pointillistic outbursts, often prodded forward by ostinatos in the perky piano.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
music: figure that is repeated over and over
References[edit]
- ^ “ostinato”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Esperanto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian ostinato, from Latin obstinātus (“firmly set, fixed”). Doublet of obstina.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ostinato (accusative singular ostinaton, plural ostinatoj, accusative plural ostinatojn)
Related terms[edit]
- ripetfrazo (“riff”)
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian ostinato.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ostinato
Declension[edit]
Inflection of ostinato (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | ostinato | ostinatot | ||
genitive | ostinaton | ostinatojen | ||
partitive | ostinatoa | ostinatoja | ||
illative | ostinatoon | ostinatoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | ostinato | ostinatot | ||
accusative | nom. | ostinato | ostinatot | |
gen. | ostinaton | |||
genitive | ostinaton | ostinatojen | ||
partitive | ostinatoa | ostinatoja | ||
inessive | ostinatossa | ostinatoissa | ||
elative | ostinatosta | ostinatoista | ||
illative | ostinatoon | ostinatoihin | ||
adessive | ostinatolla | ostinatoilla | ||
ablative | ostinatolta | ostinatoilta | ||
allative | ostinatolle | ostinatoille | ||
essive | ostinatona | ostinatoina | ||
translative | ostinatoksi | ostinatoiksi | ||
abessive | ostinatotta | ostinatoitta | ||
instructive | — | ostinatoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
ostinato m (plural ostinatos)
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin obstinātus.
Adjective[edit]
ostinato (feminine ostinata, masculine plural ostinati, feminine plural ostinate, superlative ostinatissimo)
Related terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
ostinato m (plural ostinati, feminine ostinata)
- a stubborn or obstinate person
Etymology 2[edit]
Participle[edit]
ostinato (feminine ostinata, masculine plural ostinati, feminine plural ostinate)
Further reading[edit]
- ostinato in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from Italian ostinato.
Adverb[edit]
ostinato
Noun[edit]
ostinato n (uncountable)
Declension[edit]
declension of ostinato (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) ostinato | ostinatoul |
genitive/dative | (unui) ostinato | ostinatoului |
vocative | ostinatoule |
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