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ritornel

ritornel is the alternative form of ritornello.

Meaning of ritornello

Noun

ritornello (plural ritornellos or ritornelli)

  1. A recurring tutti passage in Baroque music for orchestra or chorus.

Forms of ritornel

pluralritornels

Questions about ritornel

What is ritornel the alternative form of?
Ritornel is the alternative form of ritornello.

Words near ritornel in the dictionary

  1. ritmográfico
  2. rito
  3. ritodrine
  4. Ritona
  5. ritonavir
  6. ritornel
  7. ritornell
  8. ritornelle
  9. ritornelles
  10. ritornelli
  11. ritornello

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ritornel (page history and authors); ritornello (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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