sonata
/səˈnɑːtə/
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obsolete/soʊˈneɪtə/
sonata noun: a musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a piano, in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo.
Noun
sonata (plural sonatas)
- A musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a piano, in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo.
Proper noun capitalized: Sonata
Sonata
- A female given name.
sonata meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sonata in Hindi
- a musical composition for one or a few instruments
- सोनाटा sonāṭā
sonata in Tamil
- சோனாட்டா, சோனடா, சொனாட்டா
sonata in Marathi
- सोनाटा, सोनाता
sonata in Urdu
- سوناٹا, سوناتا
More languagesFewer languages
- sonata in Bengali
- সোনাটা
- sonata in Telugu
- సోనాటా, సోనాతా, సొనాటా
- sonata in Malayalam
- സൊനാറ്റ, സോനാതാ, സോനാറ്റ
- sonata in Kannada
- ಸೋನಾಟಾ, ಸೊನಾಟಾ, ಸೋನಾತಾ
- sonata in Punjabi
- ਸੋਨਾਟਾ
- sonata in Gujarati
- સોનાટા
- sonata in Odia
- ସୋନାଟା, ସୋନାତା
- sonata in Tagalog
- sonata
- sonata in Indonesian
- sonata
- sonata in Persian
- سونات sonât
Examples of sonata in a sentence
- We will now hear the third sonata, in A-flat.
- The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully.
- The way the musician interpreted a sonata was quite special.
Forms of sonata
| plural | sonatas |
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Origin of sonata
From Italian sonata, from the feminine past participle of sonare (modern suonare), from Latin sonāre (“to make sound”). Doublet of sounded.
Words formed from sonata
Words that rhyme with sonata
- data
- cassata
- fermata
- arrabbiata
- burrata
- cantata
- carcinomata
- enigmata
- errata
- inamorata
- oblongata
- onnagata
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Questions about sonata
- What does sonata mean?
- Sonata means a musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a piano, in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo.
- What is sonata in Hindi?
- Sonata in Hindi is सोनाटा (sonāṭā). See Sonata meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sonata?
- Sonata can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce sonata?
- Sonata is pronounced /səˈnɑːtə/.
- What is the plural of sonata?
- The plural of sonata is sonatas.
Words near sonata in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sonata (page history and authors); Sonata (page history and authors); sonata (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sonata (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sonata (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sonata (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sonata (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sonata (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sonata (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sonata (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sonata (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sonata (Odia, 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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