sonata

CEFRB2

/səˈnɑːtə/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A piece of music usually written for one or two instruments.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A female given name.

Examples

  • That Schubert sonata sounds really familiar to me.

  • I'll play a sonata for you.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1

Also pronounced

  • /soʊˈneɪtə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a piano, in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo.

More examples

In context

  • She played a sonata.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The pianist performed a beautiful blank for solo piano, Beethoven's Moonlight.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Italian sonata, from the feminine past participle of sonare (modern suonare), from Latin sonāre (“to make sound”). Doublet of sounded.