sonata
Pronunciation: /səˈnɑːtə/
The English word “sonata” has 1 meaning listed here.
noun
- A musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a piano, in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo.
Etymology
From Italian sonata, from the feminine past participle of sonare (modern suonare), from Latin sonāre (“to make sound”). Doublet of sounded.
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