Sonata

Pronunciation

• IPA: /səˈnɑːtÉ™/Rhymes: -ɑːtÉ™

Origin

From Italian sonata, from the feminine past participle of sonare (modern suonare), from Latin sonāre ("to make sound").

Full definition of sonata

Noun

1. (music) 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

Derived terms

• sonata form
• sonatina

Anagrams

• Aostan