concerto

See also: concertó and concertò

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian concerto, deverbal from concertare. Doublet of concert.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /kənˈt͡ʃɛɹtoʊ/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

concerto (plural concertos or concerti)

  1. (music) A piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra.
    • 2009 January 20, Allan Kozinn, “Shafts of Sun in Winter From the Italian Baroque”, in The New York Times[1], archived from the original on 26 November 2022:
      And the cello concerto was strikingly different on Sunday: at Weill, the ensemble included two violinists and one violist, cellist, bassist and lutenist, but on Sunday four more violinists, a second violist and a harpsichordist were added to give the ripieno sections of the fast movements a heftier punch than the smaller group delivered.

Derived terms

Translations

Catalan

Verb

concerto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of concertar

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian concerto, deverbal from concertare.

Pronunciation

Noun

concerto m (plural concertos)

  1. concerto

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈt͡ʃɛr.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrto
  • Hyphenation: con‧cèr‧to

Etymology 1

Deverbal from concertare +‎ -o.

Noun

concerto m (plural concerti)

  1. (music) concert, recital
  2. (music) concerto
  3. agreement, concert
    Synonym: accordo
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

concerto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of concertare

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ certō.

Pronunciation

Verb

concertō (present infinitive concertāre, perfect active concertāvī, supine concertātum); first conjugation

  1. to fight or contend
  2. to dispute or debate

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: concertar
  • French: concerter
  • Galician: concertar
  • Italian: concertare
  • Portuguese: concertar
  • Romanian: concerta
  • Sicilian: cuncirtari
  • Spanish: concertar

References

  • concerto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • concerto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • concerto”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to hold an altercation with a man: verbis concertare or altercari cum aliquo (B. C. 3. 19. 6)
  • concerto in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian concerto (concert).

Pronunciation

 

  • Homophone: conserto
  • Hyphenation: con‧cer‧to

Noun

concerto m (plural concertos)

  1. concert (a musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

  • Homophone: conserto
  • Hyphenation: con‧cer‧to

Verb

concerto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of concertar

Further reading