pastorale
English
Etymology
From French, from Middle French pastorale; or from Italian pastorale, hence the plural pastorali.
Noun
pastorale (plural pastorales or pastorali)
- A play or a musical product which has a pastoral subject.
- An artwork that is suggestive of pastoral themes.
- She was in the country, painting her first pastorale.
- One of the figures of a quadrille.
Anagrams
- parosteal, saropatel
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
pastorale
- feminine singular of pastoral
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːlə
Adjective
pastorale
- inflection of pastoral:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- 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)
- pastoral
- bucolic
- rural
Derived terms
- pastoralmente
Noun
pastorale f (plural pastorali)
- pastoral (letter)
- (music) pastorale
Noun
pastorale m (plural pastorali)
- crook, crosier
Related terms
- vincastro
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
- esplorata, estrapola, pestarola, spalatore, spatolare
Latin
Adjective
pāstōrāle
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of pāstōrālis
References
- pastorale 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)