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villancico

UK/ˌviːjanˈsiːkəʊ/US/ˌviljənˈsikoʊ/

villancico noun: a traditional Spanish (or Portuguese) folk song with short stanzas and a refrain; now especially common as a Christmas carol.

Noun

villancico (plural villancicos)

  1. A traditional Spanish (or Portuguese) folk song with short stanzas and a refrain; now especially common as a Christmas carol.
    • The villancicos are strophic, but they tend not to extend to the many strophes of narration that were typical of the romance. A standard form for a villancico strophe is ABBA, in which the first A is called the estribillo (refrain), the Bs represent the statement of the music for the copla (stanza)...2014, James Haar, editor, European Music, 1520–1640, Boydell & Brewer, →ISBN, page 447

Forms of villancico

pluralvillancicos

Origin of villancico

From Spanish villancico, from villano (“peasant”), from Medieval Latin vīllānus (“villager”).

Words that rhyme with villancico

Questions about villancico

What does villancico mean?
Villancico means a traditional Spanish (or Portuguese) folk song with short stanzas and a refrain; now especially common as a Christmas carol.
What part of speech is villancico?
Villancico is a noun.
How do you pronounce villancico?
Villancico is pronounced /ˌviːjanˈsiːkəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of villancico?
The plural of villancico is villancicos.

Words near villancico in the dictionary

  1. Villamors
  2. villan
  3. Villanacaob
  4. villanage
  5. villanages
  6. villancico
  7. villancicos
  8. Villaneda
  9. Villanedas
  10. villanel
  11. villanella

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