Etymology

sonatina

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Today it means: A musical composition resembling a sonata but shorter or simpler. Full definition →

Italian sonatina
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromsonatina
  2. English todaysonatina

Borrowed from Italian sonatina (literally “small sonata”).

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