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Webster 1913 Edition
Concerto
Con-cer′to
(?; It. ?)
, Noun.
pl.
Concertos
(#)
. [It. See ]
Concert
, Noun.
(Mus.)
A composition (usually in symphonic form with three movements) in which one instrument (or two or three) stands out in bold relief against the orchestra, or accompaniment, so as to display its qualities or the performer’s skill.
Webster 1828 Edition
Concerto
CONCERTO
,Noun.
Definition 2024
concerto
concerto
English
Noun
concerto (plural concertos or concerti)
Translations
a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Italian
Noun
concerto m (plural concerti)
Synonyms
- (3) accordo
Derived terms
Verb
concerto
- first-person singular present indicative of concertare
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈker.toː/, [kɔŋˈkɛr.toː]
Verb
concertō (present infinitive concertāre, perfect active concertāvī, supine concertātum); first conjugation
Inflection
References
- concerto in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- concerto in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “concerto”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to hold an altercation with a man: verbis concertare or altercari cum aliquo (B. C. 3. 19. 6)
- to hold an altercation with a man: verbis concertare or altercari cum aliquo (B. C. 3. 19. 6)
- concerto in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.ˈseɻ.to/
- Homophone: conserto
Etymology 1
From Italian concerto (“concert”).
Noun
concerto m (plural concertos)
- concert (a musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part)
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Latin concertō (“I dispute”).
Verb
concerto