# sonata
## English
### Etymology

From Italian sonata, from the feminine past participle of sonare (modern suonare), from Latin sonāre (“to make sound”). Doublet of sounded.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /səˈnɑːtə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
    Rhymes: -ɑːtə
* (obsolete) IPA: /soʊˈneɪtə/

### Noun

sonata (plural sonatas)
* (music) 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.

#### Hyponyms

* arpeggione sonata
* bassoon sonata
* cello sonata
* clarinet sonata
* flute sonata
* horn sonata
* keyboard sonata
* oboe sonata
* organ sonata
* piano sonata
* recorder sonata
* string sonata
* viola sonata
* violin sonata

#### Derived terms

* sonata-allegro form
* sonata form
* sonatalike
* trio sonata

#### Related terms

* sonatina

#### Translations
### See also

* cantata

### Anagrams

* Aostan

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian sonata. First attested in 1839.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [suˈna.tə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [soˈna.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [soˈna.ta]

### Noun

sonata f (plural sonates)
* sonata

### References

* ↑ “sonata”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

### Further reading

* “sonata” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “sonata” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “sonata” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Esperanto
### Adjective

sonata (accusative singular sonatan, plural sonataj, accusative plural sonatajn)
* singular present passive participle of soni

## Ido
### Adjective

sonata
* present passive participle of sonar

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* suonata

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /soˈna.ta/
* Rhymes: -ata
* Hyphenation: so‧nà‧ta

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

sonata f (plural sonate)
* sonata

##### Descendants

* → Catalan: sonata
* → English: sonata
* → French: sonate
* → Galician: sonata
* → German: Sonate
* → Japanese: ソナタ (sonata)
* → Korean: 소나타 (sonata)
* → Polish: sonata
* → Portuguese: sonata
* → Russian: сона́та (sonáta)
** → Kazakh: соната (sonata)
* → Spanish: sonata

### Etymology 2
#### Participle

sonata f sg
* feminine singular of sonato

### Further reading

* sonata in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* ansato, sanato

## Japanese
### Romanization

sonata
* Rōmaji transcription of そなた
* Rōmaji transcription of ソナタ

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian sonata, from the feminine past participle of sonare (modern suonare), from Latin sonāre (“to make sound”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sɔˈna.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ata
* Syllabification: so‧na‧ta

### Noun

sonata f
* (music) sonata

#### Derived terms

* sonatowy

### Further reading

* sonata in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* sonata in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Italian sonata.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /soˈna.tɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /soˈna.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /soˈna.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /suˈna.tɐ/
* Rhymes: -atɐ
* Hyphenation: so‧na‧ta

### Noun

sonata f (plural sonatas)
* (music) sonata (a musical composition for one or a few instruments)

### Further reading

* “sonata”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian sonata.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /soˈnata/ [soˈna.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ata
* Syllabification: so‧na‧ta

### Noun

sonata f (plural sonatas)
* sonata

### Further reading

* “sonata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10