canzona

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian canzona.

Noun

canzona (plural canzonas)

1. (music) A type of instrumental composition based on multipart vocal settings of canzoni, produced chiefly in the 16th and 17th centuries
   • 2007 January 15, Steve Smith, “Classic Viennese Music, the Prequel”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Mr. Milnes had a turn in the spotlight with a canzona for solo organ by Johann Caspar Kerll.

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin cantio. Cognates include Italian canzone and French chanson.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kãˈt͡sɔna/
• Hyphenation: can‧zo‧na

Noun

canzona f (plural canzone)

1. song

Related terms

• cantà, cantu

Descendants

• Gallurese: canzona

References

• “canzona” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Gallurese

Etymology

From Corsican canzona, from Latin cantiōnem, accusative singular of cantiō (“song”).

Noun

canzona f (plural canzoni)

1. song

Italian

Verb

canzona

1. inflection of canzonare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cantiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈd͡zonə/

Noun

canzona f (plural canzone)

1. song

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1535: “la stessa canzone” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it

Sassarese

Noun

canzona f (plural canzoni)

1. Alternative form of canzoni (“song”)