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9-letter words (2 found)

CANTILENA,LANCINATE,

8-letter words (3 found)

ANALCITE,ANTIACNE,LAITANCE,

7-letter words (9 found)

ACTINAL,ALANINE,ALICANT,ANCIENT,ANTICAL,ANTLIAE,CANTINA,ENCINAL,LACTEAN,

6-letter words (43 found)

ACETAL,ACETIN,AECIAL,ALANIN,ANCILE,ANETIC,ANLACE,ANNEAL,ANTLIA,ATELIC,CANINE,CANNAE,CANNEL,CANNIE,CANTAL,CANTLE,CATENA,CATLIN,CENTAI,CENTAL,CLIENT,ENATIC,ENCINA,ENTAIL,INCANT,INCENT,INLACE,INNATE,LANATE,LANCET,LATINA,LECTIN,LENTIC,LINNET,NAIANT,NANITE,NEANIC,TAENIA,TANNIC,TANNIE,TENAIL,TINCAL,TINEAL,

5-letter words (56 found)

ACETA,ACTIN,AECIA,ALANE,ALANT,ALATE,ALIEN,ALINE,ANCLE,ANENT,ANILE,ANNAL,ANNAT,ANTAE,ANTIC,CANAL,CANNA,CITAL,CLEAN,CLEAT,CLINE,CLINT,ECLAT,ELAIN,ELINT,ENACT,ENIAC,ENLIT,ENTIA,ICTAL,ILEAC,INANE,INCEL,INCLE,INLET,INTEL,LACET,LANAI,LANCE,LATEN,LEANT,LENTI,LIANA,LIANE,LINAC,LINEN,NANCE,NATAL,TACAN,TALEA,TANNA,TELIA,TELIC,TENIA,TICAL,TINEA,

4-letter words (83 found)

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3-letter words (55 found)

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2-letter words (19 found)

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1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 271 words from cantilena according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of cantilena

cantilena

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian or Latin cantilēna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kæntɪˈleɪnə/

Noun

cantilena (plural cantilenas)

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

Anagrams

  • lancinate

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cantilena.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑntile(ː)nɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝n̪t̪iˌle̞(ː)nɑ̝]

Noun

cantilena

  1. cantilena

Declension

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kan.tiˈlɛ.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɛna
  • Hyphenation: can‧ti‧lè‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cantilēna.

Noun

cantilena f (plural cantilene)

  1. lullaby
    Synonym: filastrocca
  2. singsong
  3. whining, cant
Derived terms
  • cantilenare

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cantilena

  1. inflection of cantilenare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

  • cilentana, lanciante

Latin

Etymology

From *cantilō +‎ -ēla, the attested cantilō, cantillō being back-formed.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kan.tiˈleː.na/, [kän̪t̪ɪˈɫ̪eːnä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kan.tiˈle.na/, [kän̪t̪iˈlɛːnä]

Noun

cantilēna f (genitive cantilēnae); first declension

  1. old song
  2. oft-repeated saying
  3. gossip

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

  • English: cantilena
  • Italian: cantilena
  • Portuguese: cantilena
  • Sicilian: cantilena
  • Spanish: cantilena
  • Swedish: cantilena

References

  • “cantilena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cantilena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cantilena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • cantilena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Breyer, Gertrud (1993) Etruskisches Sprachgut im Lateinischen unter Ausschluß des spezifisch onomastischen Bereiches (Orientalia Analecta Lovaniensia; 53), Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oriëntalistiek, →ISBN, page 55

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Noun

cantilena f (plural cantilenas)

  1. (Portugal) Synonym of parlenda

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cantilēna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kantiˈlena/ [kãn̪.t̪iˈle.na]
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Syllabification: can‧ti‧le‧na

Noun

cantilena f (plural cantilenas)

  1. cantilena

Related terms

Further reading

  • “cantilena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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