MADRIGAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does madrigal mean? 

• MADRIGAL (noun)
  The noun MADRIGAL has 1 sense:

1. an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form

  Familiarity information: MADRIGAL used as a noun is very rare.

• MADRIGAL (verb)
  The verb MADRIGAL has 1 sense:

1. sing madrigals

  Familiarity information: MADRIGAL used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MADRIGAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("madrigal" is a kind of...):

partsong (a song with two or more voice parts)

Derivation:

madrigal (sing madrigals)

madrigalist (a singer of madrigals)

• MADRIGAL (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sing madrigals

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

The group was madrigaling beautifully

Hypernyms (to "madrigal" is one way to...):

sing (deliver by singing)

Domain category:

music (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue madrigal

Derivation:

madrigal (an unaccompanied partsong for 2 or 3 voices; follows a strict poetic form)