pastorale

English

Etymology

From French, from Middle French pastorale; or from Italian pastorale, hence the plural pastorali.

Noun

pastorale (plural pastorales or pastorali)

  1. A play or a musical product which has a pastoral subject.
  2. An artwork that is suggestive of pastoral themes.
    She was in the country, painting her first pastorale.
  3. One of the figures of a quadrille.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

pastorale

  1. feminine singular of pastoral

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aːlə

Adjective

pastorale

  1. inflection of pastoral:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pāstōrālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.stoˈra.le/
  • Rhymes: -ale
  • Hyphenation: pa‧sto‧rà‧le

Adjective

pastorale (plural pastorali)

  1. pastoral
  2. bucolic
  3. rural

Derived terms

Noun

pastorale f (plural pastorali)

  1. pastoral (letter)
  2. (music) pastorale

Noun

pastorale m (plural pastorali)

  1. crook, crosier

Further reading

  • pastorale in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • pastorale in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • pastoràle in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

pāstōrāle

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of pāstōrālis

References

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