pastorale

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noun

A play or a musical product which has a pastoral subject.

“She was in the country, painting her first pastorale.”

Similar
pastoralidyllidyl
OriginMiddle French pastorale ← Italian pastorale →
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Meanings

nounpastorale (plural pastorales or pastorali)

plural pastorales · plural pastorali

  1. A play or a musical product which has a pastoral subject.
  2. An artwork that is suggestive of pastoral themes.

    She was in the country, painting her first pastorale.

  3. One of the figures of a quadrille.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna musical composition that evokes rural life

Similar
pastoralidyllidyl
Broader
musical compositionopuscomposition
Also see
idyllpastoral

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Italianpastorale
  2. Middle Frenchpastorale
  3. Englishpastorale

From French, from Middle French pastorale; or from Italian pastorale, hence the plural pastorali.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

pastorale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pastorale

MLA

“pastorale.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pastorale. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pastorale,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pastorale.

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