madrigal

See also: Madrigal and madrigál

English

Etymology

From Italian madrigale, from Latin mātrīcālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæd͡ɹɪɡəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

madrigal (plural madrigals)

1. (music) A song for a small number of unaccompanied voices; from 13th century Italy.
2. (music) A polyphonic song for about six voices, from 16th century Italy.
3. (poetry) A short poem, often pastoral, and suitable to be set to music.

Derived terms

• madrigaler
• madrigalian
• madrigalic
• madrigalist
• madrigalistic

 

Translations

either musical sense

• Armenian: մադրիգալ (hy) (madrigal)
• Belarusian: мадрыга́л m (madryhál)
• Bulgarian: мадригал m (madrigal)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 牧歌 (muk⁶ go¹)

  Hokkien: 牧歌 (bo̍k-ko͘)

  Mandarin: 牧歌 (zh) (mùgē)

• Dutch: madrigaal (nl) n
• Esperanto: madrigalo
• Finnish: madrigaali (fi)
• French: madrigal (fr) m
• Galician: madrigal (gl) m
• Georgian: მადრიგალი (madrigali)
• German: Madrigal (de) n
• Greek: μαδριγάλι m (madrigáli)
• Hungarian: madrigál (hu)
• Icelandic: madrígal m, madrígali m
• Ido: madrigalo (io)
• Italian: madrigale (it) m
• Japanese: マドリガル (madorigaru)
• Korean: 마드리갈 (madeurigal)
• Kyrgyz: мадригал (madrigal)
• Latin: madrigalis m
• Lithuanian: madrigalas m
• Manx: ronniaght f
• Polish: madrygał m
• Portuguese: madrigal (pt) m
• Russian: мадрига́л (ru) m (madrigál)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мадрѝга̄л m

  Roman: madrìgāl (sh) m

• Slovak: madrigal (sk) m
• Slovene: madrigál m
• Spanish: madrigal (es) m
• Swedish: madrigal (sv) c
• Ukrainian: мадрига́л m (madryhál)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.dʁi.ɡal/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

madrigal m (plural madrigaux)

1. (music) madrigal

Further reading

• “madrigal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.dɾiˈɡaw/ [ma.dɾiˈɡaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.dɾiˈɡal/ [mɐ.ðɾiˈɣaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.dɾiˈɡal/ [mɐ.ðɾiˈɣaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.dɾiˈɡa.li/ [mɐ.ðɾiˈɣa.li]

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: ma‧dri‧gal

Noun

madrigal m (plural madrigais)

1. madrigal

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French madrigal.

Noun

madrigal n (plural madrigale)

1. madrigal

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	madrigal	madrigalul		madrigale	madrigalele
genitive-dative	madrigal	madrigalului		madrigale	madrigalelor
vocative	madrigalule			madrigalelor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian madrigale, from Latin mātrīcālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /madrǐɡaːl/
• Hyphenation: ma‧dri‧gal

Noun

madrìgāl m (Cyrillic spelling мадрѝга̄л)

1. madrigal

Declension

Declension of madrigal

	singular	plural
nominative	madrìgāl	madrigali
genitive	madrigála	madrigala
dative	madrigalu	madrigalima
accusative	madrigal	madrigale
vocative	madrigale	madrigali
locative	madrigalu	madrigalima
instrumental	madrigalom	madrigalima

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /madɾiˈɡal/ [ma.ð̞ɾiˈɣ̞al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ma‧dri‧gal

Noun

madrigal m (plural madrigales)

1. madrigal

Further reading

• “madrigal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10