Definitions For Cavatina

Noun

CAVATINA (plural CAVATINAs) (music) An operatic song in slow tempo, either complete in itself or (e.g., in bellini and verdi) followed by a faster, more resolute section: hence (music) A rather slow, song-like instrumental movement; the title, for example, of a movement in beethoven's string quartet in B flat, op. 130 (1826) and of a once-famous piece (originally for violin and piano) by raff, and of the slow movement of rubra's string quartet No. 2.

Translations

French: cavatine, f German: Kavatine, f

Etymology

From {{der, en, it, cavatina}}, diminutive of cavata.

See also

aria

Is Cavatina a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
16

The word Cavatina is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends

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