madrigal
[ mad-ri-guh l ]
/ ˈmæd rɪ gəl /
noun
a secular part song without instrumental accompaniment, usually for four to six voices, making abundant use of contrapuntal imitation, popular especially in the 16th and 17th centuries.
a lyric poem suitable for being set to music, usually short and often of amatory character, especially fashionable in the 16th century and later, in Italy, France, England, etc.
any part song.
Origin of madrigal
OTHER WORDS FROM madrigal
mad·ri·gal·esque, adjective mad·ri·gal·i·an [mad-ruh-gal-ee-uh n, -gal-yuh n, -gey-lee-uh n] /ˌmæd rəˈgæl i ən, -ˈgæl yən, -ˈgeɪ li ən/, adjectiveWords nearby madrigal
madre,
madre de dios,
madrepore,
madreporite,
madrid,
madrigal,
madrigalist,
madrileño,
madrilène,
madrone,
madroña
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British Dictionary definitions for madrigal
madrigal
/ (ˈmædrɪɡəl) /
noun
music
a type of 16th- or 17th-century part song for unaccompanied voices with an amatory or pastoral text
Compare glee (def. 2)
a 14th-century Italian song, related to a pastoral stanzaic verse form
Derived forms of madrigal
madrigalesque, adjective madrigalian (ˌmædrɪˈɡælɪən, -ˈɡeɪ-), adjective madrigalist, nounWord Origin for madrigal
C16: from Italian, from Medieval Latin
mātricāle primitive, apparently from Latin
mātrīcālis of the womb, from
matrīx womb