madrigals
Meaning of madrigals
plural noun
a part-song for several voices, especially one of the Renaissance period, typically unaccompanied and arranged in elaborate counterpoint.
from Italian madrigale (from medieval Latin carmen matricale ‘simple song’), from matricalis ‘maternal or primitive’, from matrix ‘womb’.
Information about madrigals
- It is a name.
- The singular form of madrigals is: madrigal.
- Languages in which madrigals is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of madrigals
madri-gals
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- madrigals is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
madrigals synonyms
Meaning a short poem or other set of words set to music or meant to be sung:
Meaning a rousing or uplifting song identified with a particular group, body, or cause:
Meaning a religious folk song or popular hymn, particularly one associated with Christmas:
Meaning a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas. Traditional ballads are typically of unknown authorship, having been passed on orally from one generation to the next:
Meaning an Italian or Provençal song or ballad:
Meaning a French song:
Meaning a short piece of sacred choral music:
Meaning a repeated rhythmic phrase, typically one shouted or sung in unison by a crowd:
Meaning a religious song or poem of praise to God or a god:
Meaning a sacred song or hymn, in particular any of those contained in the biblical Book of Psalms and used in Christian and Jewish worship:
Words that rhyme with madrigals
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