sonata
A musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a…A musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a piano, in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo.
Meaning
1 sensesA musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a piano, in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo.
Sonate
сона́таsonáta
a musical composition of 3 or 4 movements of contrasting forms
Examples
18 sentencesI'll play a sonata for you.
Я зіграю тобі сонату. — deniko
ruЯ сыграю тебе сонату. — marafon
deIch werde eine Sonate für dich spielen. — MUIRIEL
Tom wrote a sonata.
Том написав сонату. — deniko
ruТом написал сонату. — Selena777
Tom played a sonata for us.
She played a sonata.
ruОна сыграла сонату. — Anne_Paen
Tom can play all of Beethoven's piano sonatas.
ruТом умеет исполнять все сонаты Бетховена для фортепиано. — soweli_Elepanto
Translations
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Origin
From Italian sonata, from the feminine past participle of sonare (modern suonare), from LaFrom Italian sonata, from the feminine past participle of sonare (modern suonare), from Latin sonāre (“to make sound”). Doublet of sounded.
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