Definitions for cabalettaˌkæb əˈlɛt ə, ˌkɑ bə-
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ca•ba•let•taˌkæb əˈlɛt ə, ˌkɑ bə-(n.)(pl.)-tas.
the brisk stretta closing an extended aria in Italian opera.
Category: Music and Dance
Origin of cabaletta:
1835–45; < It
Wiktionary
cabaletta(Noun)
A short, rhythmically repetitive aria.
Origin: An variant of coboletta, diminutive of cobola, from cobla, from copula.
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