oratorio

oratorio

See also: oratório

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian oratorio (“oratorical”), from Latin ōrātōrius. Doublet of oratory.

Noun

oratorio (plural oratorios)

1. (music) A musical composition, often based on a religious theme; similar to opera but with no costume, scenery or acting.

Translations

a musical composition on a religious theme

Belarusian: араторыя (aratóryja) Bulgarian: оратория f (oratorija) Chinese: Mandarin: 神劇／神剧 (zh) (shénjù), 清唱劇／清唱剧 (qīngchàngjù) Faroese: oratorium n French: oratorio (fr) m German: Oratorium n Greek: ορατόριο (el) n (oratório) Hebrew: אורטוריה‎ (he) (oratórija) Hungarian: oratórium (hu) Icelandic: óratóría f Irish: oratóir m Italian: oratorio (it) m Kazakh: оратория (oratoriä) Kyrgyz: оратория (oratoriya) Latvian: oratorija Norwegian: Bokmål: oratorium n Nynorsk: oratorium n Polish: oratorium (pl) Portuguese: oratório (pt) m Russian: орато́рия (ru) (oratórija) Ukrainian: ораторія (uk) (oratorija)

Further reading

• oratorio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Finnish

Etymology

From Italian oratorio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈorɑtorio/, [ˈo̞rɑˌt̪o̞rio̞]
• Rhymes: -orio
• Syllabification^(key): o‧ra‧to‧ri‧o

Noun

oratorio

1. oratorio

Declension

Inflection of oratorio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative		oratorio	oratoriot
genitive		oratorion	oratorioiden oratorioitten
partitive		oratoriota	oratorioita
illative		oratorioon	oratorioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		oratorio	oratoriot
accusative	nom.	oratorio	oratoriot
	gen.	oratorion
genitive		oratorion	oratorioiden oratorioitten
partitive		oratoriota	oratorioita
inessive		oratoriossa	oratorioissa
elative		oratoriosta	oratorioista
illative		oratorioon	oratorioihin
adessive		oratoriolla	oratorioilla
ablative		oratoriolta	oratorioilta
allative		oratoriolle	oratorioille
essive		oratoriona	oratorioina
translative		oratorioksi	oratorioiksi
instructive		—	oratorioin
abessive		oratoriotta	oratorioitta
comitative		—	oratorioineen

Possessive forms of oratorio (type valtio)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	oratorioni	oratoriomme
2nd person	oratoriosi	oratorionne
3rd person	oratorionsa

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian oratorio. Doublet of oratoire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁa.tɔ.ʁjo/

• Audio

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Noun

oratorio m (plural oratorios)

1. (music) oratorio

Further reading

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

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin ōrātōrius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.raˈtɔ.rjo/
• Rhymes: -ɔrjo
• Hyphenation: o‧ra‧tò‧rio

Adjective

oratorio (feminine oratoria, masculine plural oratori, feminine plural oratorie)

1. oratorical
2. solemn

Derived terms

• oratoriamente

Noun

oratorio m (plural oratori)

1. oratory
2. oratorio

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Latin

Adjective

ōrātōriō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ōrātōrius

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ōrātōrius.

Adjective

oratorio (feminine oratoria, masculine plural oratorios, feminine plural oratorias)

1. oratorical

Further reading

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