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cavatina

cavatina noun: an operatic song in slow tempo, either complete in itself or (e.g., in Bellini and Verdi) followed by a faster, more resolute section: hence.

Noun

cavatina (plural cavatinas)

  1. An operatic song in slow tempo, either complete in itself or (e.g., in Bellini and Verdi) followed by a faster, more resolute section: hence
  2. A rather slow, song-like instrumental movement; the title, for example, of a movement in Beethoven's string quartet in B flat, op. 130 (1826) and of a once-famous piece (originally for violin and piano) by Raff, and of the slow movement of Rubra's string quartet No. 2.

cavatina meaning in Tamil

cavatina in Tamil

சிறு எளிய பாடல்

Forms of cavatina

pluralcavatinas

Origin of cavatina

From Italian cavatina, diminutive of cavata.

Questions about cavatina

What does cavatina mean?
Cavatina means an operatic song in slow tempo, either complete in itself or (e.g., in Bellini and Verdi) followed by a faster, more resolute section: hence.
What is cavatina in Tamil?
Cavatina in Tamil is சிறு எளிய பாடல். See Cavatina meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cavatina?
Cavatina is a noun.
What is the plural of cavatina?
The plural of cavatina is cavatinas.

Words near cavatina in the dictionary

  1. cavasses
  2. cavatappi
  3. cavate
  4. cavatelli
  5. cavates
  6. cavatina
  7. cavatinas
  8. cavatine
  9. cavatines
  10. cavault
  11. cavaulted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cavatina (page history and authors); cavatina (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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