Cabaletta

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun

English

Etymology

An Italian variant of coboletta, diminutive of cobola ‘stanza, couplet’ from Old Provençal cobla, from Latin copula.

Pronunciation

IPA: /kæbə'lɛtə/

Noun

cabaletta

1. a short, rhythmically repetitive aria

   • 1980: to bring the proceedings to an end and enable him to perform his salvatory mission, he swung into a cabaletta which summed up the argument against Arius — Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers