ostinato

== English == === Etymology === From Italian ostinato (“stubborn”). Doublet of obstinate. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɒstɪˈnɑtoʊ/ === Noun === ostinato (plural ostinatos or ostinati) (music) A piece of melody, a chord progression, or a bass figure that is repeated over and over as a musical accompaniment. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == Esperanto == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian ostinato, from Latin obstinātus (“firmly set, fixed”). Doublet of obstina. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ostiˈnato/ Rhymes: -ato Syllabification: os‧ti‧na‧to === Noun === ostinato (accusative singular ostinaton, plural ostinatoj, accusative plural ostinatojn) (music) ostinato (melody or chord progression repeated in a piece of music) ==== Related terms ==== ripetfrazo (“riff”) == Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian ostinato. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈostinɑto/, [ˈo̞s̠tiˌnɑ̝t̪o̞] Rhymes: -ɑto Syllabification(key): os‧ti‧na‧to Hyphenation(key): os‧ti‧na‧to === Noun === ostinato (music) ostinato ==== Declension ==== === Anagrams === soitanto, taistoon == French == === Noun === ostinato m (plural ostinatos) ostinato == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /os.tiˈna.to/ Rhymes: -ato Hyphenation: o‧sti‧nà‧to === Etymology 1 === From Latin obstinātus. ==== Adjective ==== ostinato (feminine ostinata, masculine plural ostinati, feminine plural ostinate, superlative ostinatissimo) stubborn, obstinate ===== Related terms ===== ==== Noun ==== ostinato m (plural ostinati, feminine ostinata) a stubborn or obstinate person === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== ostinato (feminine ostinata, masculine plural ostinati, feminine plural ostinate) past participle of ostinarsi === Further reading === ostinato in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === asintoto == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Italian ostinato. === Adverb === ostinato ostinato === Noun === ostinato n (uncountable) ostinato ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian ostinato. Doublet of obstinado. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ostiˈnato/ [os.t̪iˈna.t̪o] Rhymes: -ato Syllabification: os‧ti‧na‧to === Noun === ostinato m (plural ostinatos) ostinato === Further reading === “ostinato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025