concerto
/kənˈt͡ʃɛɹtoʊ/
concerto noun: a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra.
Noun
concerto (plural concertos or concerti)
- A piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra.
- And the cello concerto was strikingly different on Sunday: at Weill, the ensemble included two violinists and one violist, cellist, bassist and lutenist, but on Sunday four more violinists, a second violist and a harpsichordist were added to give the ripieno sections of the fast movements a heftier...2009 January 20, Allan Kozinn, “Shafts of Sun in Winter From the Italian Baroque”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
concerto meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Malayalam
concerto in Hindi
- कॉन्सर्टो
concerto in Tamil
- தனி இசைக்கருவி, பல்லியப் பயன் பாடல்
concerto in Marathi
- कॉन्सर्टो
concerto in Malayalam
- കോൺസെർട്ടോ, കോൺസർട്ടോ, കൺസെർട്ടോ
More languagesFewer languages
- concerto in Kannada
- ಕನ್ಸರ್ಟೊ, ಕಾನ್ಸರ್ಟೊ, ಕಾಂಸರ್ಟೊ
- concerto in Gujarati
- કોન્સેર્ટો
- concerto in Malay
- konserto
- concerto in Indonesian
- konserto
- concerto in Vietnamese
- công xéc tô, công-xéc-tô
Examples of concerto in a sentence
- He performed one of Ravel's piano concertos with a wonderfully light and playful touch.
- The first violin part in this concerto is very challenging.
- The piano concerto mentioned as among the prosilient works of the year was that of Ernest Toch, his opus 54.
Forms of concerto
| plural | concertos |
|---|---|
| plural | concerti |
Origin of concerto
Borrowed from Italian concerto, deverbal from concertare. Doublet of concert.
Words formed from concerto
Questions about concerto
- What does concerto mean?
- Concerto means a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra.
- What is concerto in Hindi?
- Concerto in Hindi is कॉन्सर्टो. See Concerto meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is concerto?
- Concerto is a noun.
- How do you pronounce concerto?
- Concerto is pronounced /kənˈt͡ʃɛɹtoʊ/ (US).
- What is the plural of concerto?
- The plural of concerto is concertos.
Words near concerto in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: concerto (page history and authors); concerto (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); concerto (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); concerto (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); concerto (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); concerto (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); concerto (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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