Usually means: Smooth, lyrical melody in music.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word cantilena:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. cantilena: Merriam-Webster
  2. cantilena: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cantilena: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cantilena: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Cantilena, cantilena: Wordnik
  6. cantilena: Wiktionary
  7. cantilena: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. cantilena: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. cantilena: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. cantilena: Dictionary.com
  11. Cantilena (album), Cantilena: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Cantilena: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. cantilena: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Cantilena: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. cantilena: FreeDictionary.org
  16. cantilena: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. SimplyTheBest Music Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cantilena)

▸ noun:  (music) A vocal melody or instrumental passage in a smooth, lyrical style.

Similar:
canto, cantata, choraleon, chaconne, cavatina, cotillion, cavatine, cadence, cantoress, cantiga, more...

Opposite:
staccato, detached, abrupt

Adjectives:
broad, long, italian, beautiful, conry, expressive, pure, simple, sustained, english, slow

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Similar:
canto, cantata, choraleon, chaconne, cavatina, cotillion, cavatine, cadence, cantoress, cantiga, more...

Opposite:
staccato, detached, abrupt

Adjectives:
broad, long, italian, beautiful, conry, expressive, pure, simple, sustained, english, slow



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