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cabaletta

/kæbəˈlɛtə/

cabaletta noun: a short, rhythmically repetitive aria.

Noun

cabaletta (plural cabalettas)

  1. A short, rhythmically repetitive aria.
    • 1980, to bring the proceedings to an end and enable him to perform his salvatory mission, he swung into a cabaletta which summed up the argument against Arius — Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers

Forms of cabaletta

pluralcabalettas

Origin of cabaletta

An Italian variant of coboletta, diminutive of cobola (“stanza, couplet”), from Old Occitan cobla, from Latin copula. Doublet of couplet.

Questions about cabaletta

What does cabaletta mean?
Cabaletta means a short, rhythmically repetitive aria.
What part of speech is cabaletta?
Cabaletta is a noun.
How do you pronounce cabaletta?
Cabaletta is pronounced /kæbəˈlɛtə/.
What is the plural of cabaletta?
The plural of cabaletta is cabalettas.

Words near cabaletta in the dictionary

  1. Cabalagnan
  2. cabalah
  3. cabalas
  4. cabaled
  5. Cabales
  6. cabaletta
  7. cabalettas
  8. cabalette
  9. cabalettes
  10. Cabalhin
  11. cabalic

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