Meanings
plural concertos · plural concerti
- entertainmentA piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra.
1 more example
And the cello concerto was strikingly different on Sunday: at Weill, the ensemble included two violinists and one violist, cellist, bassist and lutenist, but on Sunday four more violinists, a second violist and a harpsichordist were added to give the ripieno sections of the fast movements a heftier punch than the smaller group delivered.
2009 January 20, Allan Kozinn, “Shafts of Sun in Winter From the Italian Baroque”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
Origin
- Italianconcerto
- Englishconcerto
Borrowed from Italian concerto, deverbal from concertare. Doublet of concert.
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Chinese Mandarin 協奏曲 /协奏曲
- 協奏曲 /协奏曲 (xiézòuqǔ)a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Dutch concert
- concerta piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Finnish konsertto
- konserttoa piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
French concerto
- concertoa piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
German Konzert
- Konzerta piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Greek κοντσέρτο
- κοντσέρτο (kontsérto)a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Hungarian versenymű, -verseny
- versenyműa piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
- -versenya piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Indonesian konserto
- konsertoa piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Italian concerto
- concertoa piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Japanese 協奏曲
- 協奏曲 (kyōsōkyoku)a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Korean 협주곡
- 협주곡 (hyeopjugok)a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Malay konserto
- konsertoa piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Māori puoro whakatene
- puoro whakatenea piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Polish koncert
- koncerta piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Portuguese concerto
- concertoa piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Romanian concert
- concerta piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Russian конце́рт
- конце́рт (koncért)a piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Spanish concierto
- conciertoa piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Turkish konçerto
- konçertoa piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Vietnamese công xéc tô, công-xéc-tô
- công xéc tôa piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
- công-xéc-tôa piece of music for one or more solo instruments and orchestra
Cite this entry
concerto. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concerto
“concerto.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concerto. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “concerto,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concerto.
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