# cantilena
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian or Latin cantilēna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kæntɪˈleɪnə/

### Noun

cantilena (plural cantilenas)
* (music) A vocal melody or instrumental passage in a smooth, lyrical style.
** 1964, Anthony Burgess, The Eve of St Venus:He played a lazy tune that sinuated from C sharp down to G natural and back again. Astonishing that he could flute so lazy a cantilena while chasing nymphs.
** 1982, Gene Wolfe, chapter 27, in The Sword of the Lictor (The Book of the New Sun; 3), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, pages 203-204:The sounds of insects, of which I am seldom conscious unless I have not heard them in some time, resumed, with a noise that reminded me of the tuning of the strings in the Blue Hall before the first cantilena began, a noise I sometimes used to listen to when I lay on my pallet near the open port of the apprentices' dormitory.

### Anagrams

* lancinate

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cantilena.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑntile(ː)nɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝n̪t̪iˌle̞(ː)nɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -enɑ

### Noun

cantilena
* cantilena

#### Declension

Possessive forms of cantilena (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cantilenani
cantilenani
accusative
nom.
cantilenani
cantilenani
gen.
cantilenani
genitive
cantilenani
cantilenoideni cantilenoitteni cantilenojeni cantilenaini $^{rare}$
partitive
cantilenaani
cantilenoitani cantilenojani
inessive
cantilenassani
cantilenoissani
elative
cantilenastani
cantilenoistani
illative
cantilenaani
cantilenoihini
adessive
cantilenallani
cantilenoillani
ablative
cantilenaltani
cantilenoiltani
allative
cantilenalleni
cantilenoilleni
essive
cantilenanani
cantilenoinani
translative
cantilenakseni
cantilenoikseni
abessive
cantilenattani
cantilenoittani
instructive
comitative
—cantilenoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cantilenasi
cantilenasi
accusative
nom.
cantilenasi
cantilenasi
gen.
cantilenasi
genitive
cantilenasi
cantilenoidesi cantilenoittesi cantilenojesi cantilenaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
cantilenaasi
cantilenoitasi cantilenojasi
inessive
cantilenassasi
cantilenoissasi
elative
cantilenastasi
cantilenoistasi
illative
cantilenaasi
cantilenoihisi
adessive
cantilenallasi
cantilenoillasi
ablative
cantilenaltasi
cantilenoiltasi
allative
cantilenallesi
cantilenoillesi
essive
cantilenanasi
cantilenoinasi
translative
cantilenaksesi
cantilenoiksesi
abessive
cantilenattasi
cantilenoittasi
instructive
comitative
—cantilenoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cantilenamme
cantilenamme
accusative
nom.
cantilenamme
cantilenamme
gen.
cantilenamme
genitive
cantilenamme
cantilenoidemme cantilenoittemme cantilenojemme cantilenaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
cantilenaamme
cantilenoitamme cantilenojamme
inessive
cantilenassamme
cantilenoissamme
elative
cantilenastamme
cantilenoistamme
illative
cantilenaamme
cantilenoihimme
adessive
cantilenallamme
cantilenoillamme
ablative
cantilenaltamme
cantilenoiltamme
allative
cantilenallemme
cantilenoillemme
essive
cantilenanamme
cantilenoinamme
translative
cantilenaksemme
cantilenoiksemme
abessive
cantilenattamme
cantilenoittamme
instructive
comitative
—cantilenoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cantilenanne
cantilenanne
accusative
nom.
cantilenanne
cantilenanne
gen.
cantilenanne
genitive
cantilenanne
cantilenoidenne cantilenoittenne cantilenojenne cantilenainne $^{rare}$
partitive
cantilenaanne
cantilenoitanne cantilenojanne
inessive
cantilenassanne
cantilenoissanne
elative
cantilenastanne
cantilenoistanne
illative
cantilenaanne
cantilenoihinne
adessive
cantilenallanne
cantilenoillanne
ablative
cantilenaltanne
cantilenoiltanne
allative
cantilenallenne
cantilenoillenne
essive
cantilenananne
cantilenoinanne
translative
cantilenaksenne
cantilenoiksenne
abessive
cantilenattanne
cantilenoittanne
instructive
comitative
—cantilenoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
cantilenansa
cantilenansa
accusative
nom.
cantilenansa
cantilenansa
gen.
cantilenansa
genitive
cantilenansa
cantilenoidensa cantilenoittensa cantilenojensa cantilenainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
cantilenaansa
cantilenoitaan cantilenojaan cantilenoitansa cantilenojansa
inessive
cantilenassaan cantilenassansa
cantilenoissaan cantilenoissansa
elative
cantilenastaan cantilenastansa
cantilenoistaan cantilenoistansa
illative
cantilenaansa
cantilenoihinsa
adessive
cantilenallaan cantilenallansa
cantilenoillaan cantilenoillansa
ablative
cantilenaltaan cantilenaltansa
cantilenoiltaan cantilenoiltansa
allative
cantilenalleen cantilenallensa
cantilenoilleen cantilenoillensa
essive
cantilenanaan cantilenanansa
cantilenoinaan cantilenoinansa
translative
cantilenakseen cantilenaksensa
cantilenoikseen cantilenoiksensa
abessive
cantilenattaan cantilenattansa
cantilenoittaan cantilenoittansa
instructive
comitative
—cantilenoineen cantilenoinensa :

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kan.tiˈlɛ.na/
* Rhymes: -ɛna
* Hyphenation: can‧ti‧lè‧na

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cantilēna.

#### Noun

cantilena f (plural cantilene)
* lullaby
    Synonym: filastrocca
* singsong
* whining, cant

##### Derived terms

* cantilenare

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

cantilena
* inflection of cantilenare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* cilentana, lanciante

## Latin
### Etymology

From *cantilō +‎ -ēla, the attested cantilō, cantillō being back-formed.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /kan.tiˈleː.na/, [kän̪t̪ɪˈɫ̪eːnä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /kan.tiˈle.na/, [kän̪t̪iˈlɛːnä]

### Noun

cantilēna f (genitive cantilēnae); first declension
* old song
* oft-repeated saying
* gossip

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* English: cantilena
* Italian: cantilena
* Portuguese: cantilena
* Sicilian: cantilena
* Spanish: cantilena
* Swedish: cantilena

### References

* “cantilena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “cantilena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* cantilena 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)
* cantilena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Breyer, Gertrud (1993) Etruskisches Sprachgut im Lateinischen unter Ausschluß des spezifisch onomastischen Bereiches (Orientalia Analecta Lovaniensia; 53), Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oriëntalistiek, →ISBN, page 55

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈlẽ.nɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /kɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈlẽ.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kɐ̃.t͡ʃiˈle.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kɐ̃.tiˈlɛ.nɐ/

### Noun

cantilena f (plural cantilenas)
* (Portugal) Synonym of parlenda

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cantilēna.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kantiˈlena/ [kãn̪.t̪iˈle.na]
* Rhymes: -ena
* Syllabification: can‧ti‧le‧na

### Noun

cantilena f (plural cantilenas)
* cantilena

#### Related terms

* cantaleta
* cantinela

### Further reading

* “cantilena”, 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