cantabile
adverb
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L187226 on Wikidata ↗adjective
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L335154 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian cantabile (“singable, capable being sung”), derived from cantare (“to sing”). See also Latin cantabilis (“worthy to be sung”).
- Describing a passage having this mark; singable, lyrical
adv
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian cantabile (“singable, capable being sung”), derived from cantare (“to sing”). See also Latin cantabilis (“worthy to be sung”).
- Played in this style; singingly, lyrically
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian cantabile (“singable, capable being sung”), derived from cantare (“to sing”). See also Latin cantabilis (“worthy to be sung”).
- A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a lyrical manner
- A passage having this mark