madrigal

From Italian madrigale, from Latin mātrīcālis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæd͡ɹɪɡəl/

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madrigal (plural madrigals)

1. (music) A song for a small number of unaccompanied voices; from 13th century Italy.
2. (music) A polyphonic song for about six voices, from 16th century Italy.
3. (poetry) A short poem, often pastoral, and suitable to be set to music.

• IPA^(key): /ma.dʁi.ɡal/

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madrigal m (plural madrigaux)

1. (music) madrigal

• “madrigal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: ma‧dri‧gal

madrigal m (plural madrigais)

1. madrigal

Borrowed from French madrigal.

madrigal n (plural madrigale)

1. madrigal

Borrowed from Italian madrigale, from Latin mātrīcālis.

• IPA^(key): /madrǐɡaːl/
• Hyphenation: ma‧dri‧gal

madrìgāl m inan (Cyrillic spelling мадрѝга̄л)

1. madrigal

• IPA^(key): /madɾiˈɡal/ [ma.ð̞ɾiˈɣ̞al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ma‧dri‧gal

madrigal m (plural madrigales)

1. madrigal

• “madrigal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024