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ostinato

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English

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Etymology

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From Italian ostinato (stubborn). Doublet of obstinate.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ostinato (plural ostinatos or ostinati)

  1. (music) A piece of melody, a chord progression, or a bass figure that is repeated over and over as a musical accompaniment.
    • 2009 January 26, Anthony Tommasini, “Pricking Up the Ears to Listen for Echoes of California”, in New York Times[1]:
      The piece moves in alluring spans of swirling figures, jagged lines and pointillistic outbursts, often prodded forward by ostinatos in the perky piano.
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Translations

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References

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  1. ^ ostinato”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Esperanto

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian ostinato, from Latin obstinātus (firmly set, fixed). Doublet of obstina.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ostiˈnato]
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Hyphenation: os‧ti‧na‧to

Noun

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ostinato (accusative singular ostinaton, plural ostinatoj, accusative plural ostinatojn)

  1. (music) ostinato (melody or chord progression repeated in a piece of music)
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Finnish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian ostinato.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈostinɑto/, [ˈo̞s̠tiˌnɑ̝t̪o̞]
  • Rhymes: -ɑto
  • Hyphenation(key): os‧ti‧na‧to

Noun

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ostinato

  1. (music) ostinato

Declension

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Inflection of ostinato (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative ostinato ostinatot
genitive ostinaton ostinatojen
partitive ostinatoa ostinatoja
illative ostinatoon ostinatoihin
singular plural
nominative ostinato ostinatot
accusative nom. ostinato ostinatot
gen. ostinaton
genitive ostinaton ostinatojen
partitive ostinatoa ostinatoja
inessive ostinatossa ostinatoissa
elative ostinatosta ostinatoista
illative ostinatoon ostinatoihin
adessive ostinatolla ostinatoilla
ablative ostinatolta ostinatoilta
allative ostinatolle ostinatoille
essive ostinatona ostinatoina
translative ostinatoksi ostinatoiksi
abessive ostinatotta ostinatoitta
instructive ostinatoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of ostinato (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ostinatoni ostinatoni
accusative nom. ostinatoni ostinatoni
gen. ostinatoni
genitive ostinatoni ostinatojeni
partitive ostinatoani ostinatojani
inessive ostinatossani ostinatoissani
elative ostinatostani ostinatoistani
illative ostinatooni ostinatoihini
adessive ostinatollani ostinatoillani
ablative ostinatoltani ostinatoiltani
allative ostinatolleni ostinatoilleni
essive ostinatonani ostinatoinani
translative ostinatokseni ostinatoikseni
abessive ostinatottani ostinatoittani
instructive
comitative ostinatoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative ostinatosi ostinatosi
accusative nom. ostinatosi ostinatosi
gen. ostinatosi
genitive ostinatosi ostinatojesi
partitive ostinatoasi ostinatojasi
inessive ostinatossasi ostinatoissasi
elative ostinatostasi ostinatoistasi
illative ostinatoosi ostinatoihisi
adessive ostinatollasi ostinatoillasi
ablative ostinatoltasi ostinatoiltasi
allative ostinatollesi ostinatoillesi
essive ostinatonasi ostinatoinasi
translative ostinatoksesi ostinatoiksesi
abessive ostinatottasi ostinatoittasi
instructive
comitative ostinatoinesi

Anagrams

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French

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Noun

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ostinato m (plural ostinatos)

  1. ostinato

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /o.stiˈna.to/
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Hyphenation: o‧sti‧nà‧to

Etymology 1

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From Latin obstinātus.

Adjective

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ostinato (feminine ostinata, masculine plural ostinati, feminine plural ostinate, superlative ostinatissimo)

  1. stubborn, obstinate
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Noun

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ostinato m (plural ostinati, feminine ostinata)

  1. a stubborn or obstinate person

Etymology 2

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Participle

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ostinato (feminine ostinata, masculine plural ostinati, feminine plural ostinate)

  1. past participle of ostinarsi

Further reading

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  • ostinato in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Italian ostinato.

Adverb

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ostinato

  1. ostinato

Noun

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ostinato n (uncountable)

  1. ostinato

Declension

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singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative ostinato ostinatoul
genitive-dative ostinato ostinatoului
vocative ostinatoule

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian ostinato. Doublet of obstinado.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ostiˈnato/ [os.t̪iˈna.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Syllabification: os‧ti‧na‧to

Noun

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ostinato m (plural ostinatos)

  1. ostinato

Further reading

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