tarantella
UK/tæɹənˈtɛlə//ˌtɛɹənˈtɛlə/
tarantella noun: a rapid dance in 6/8 time, originating in Italy, or a piece of music for such a dance.
Noun
tarantella (plural tarantellas)
- A rapid dance in 6/8 time, originating in Italy, or a piece of music for such a dance.
- The set in which they found themselves was composed of English, and Amy was compelled to walk decorously through a cotillion, feeling all the while as if she could dance the tarantella with relish.1868–1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, Little Women: […], (please specify |part=1 or 2), Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC
- "A tarantella, I presume?" blandly suggested the doctor.
Miss Mannersley stopped, and rose carelessly from the piano. "It is a Moorish gypsy song of the fifteenth century," she said dryly.1895, Bret Harte, The Devotion of Enriquez
tarantella meaning in Tamil
tarantella in Tamil
- இத்தாலியில் விரை சுழலாட்ட நடனம், விரை சுழலாட்ட இசை
Forms of tarantella
| plural | tarantellas |
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Origin of tarantella
Borrowed from Italian tarantella, a diminutive of Taranto, a town in southern Italy (but popularly associated with tarantola (“tarantula”), on the belief that the dance was variously a result of, or cure for, its bite).
Words that rhyme with tarantella
- stella
- columella
- Ella
- cinderella
- umbrella
- stracciatella
- a cappella
- fella
- ambarella
- citronella
- Coachella
- columnella
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- hella
- lamella
- micella
- mozzarella
- nigella
- predella
- salmonella
- Tudela
- varicella
- zooxanthella
- acanthella
- Adela
- amborella
- Bella
- brucella
- candela
- canella
- capitella
- castella
- cella
- cerebella
- chlorella
- clitella
- favela
- fellah
- flabella
- flagella
- fraxinella
- Gabriella
- haustella
- klebsiella
- labella
- mistella
- moraxella
- mortadella
- novella
- paella
- panatela
- petronella
- portabella
- prunella
- quinella
- rostella
- rubella
- scutella
- selaginella
- shigella
- subumbrella
Questions about tarantella
- What does tarantella mean?
- Tarantella means a rapid dance in 6/8 time, originating in Italy, or a piece of music for such a dance.
- What is tarantella in Tamil?
- Tarantella in Tamil is இத்தாலியில் விரை சுழலாட்ட நடனம், விரை சுழலாட்ட இசை. See Tarantella meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tarantella?
- Tarantella is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tarantella?
- Tarantella is pronounced /ˌtɛɹənˈtɛlə/ (US).
- What is the plural of tarantella?
- The plural of tarantella is tarantellas.
Words near tarantella in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tarantella (page history and authors); tarantella (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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