Is Cantabile a Word?

In music, cantabile [kanˈtaːbile], an Italian word, means literally "singable" or "songlike". In instrumental music, it is a particular style of playing designed to imitate the human voice.

What is a cantabile in music?

: in a singing manner —often used as a direction in music.

How do you use cantabile in a sentence?

How to use cantabile in a sentence
  1. She has a very excellent violin, a Stradivari, and in the cantabile draws from it a tolerable tone; but that is her only merit. ...
  2. This 10-syllable measure is cantabile, and its phrases are too short and too regular to make good recitative verse.
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