cabaletta
[ kab-uh-let-uh, kah-buh-; Italian kah-bah-let-tah ]
noun,plural ca·ba·let·tas, ca·ba·let·te [kab-uh-let-ey, kah-buh-; Italian kah-bah-let-te]. /ˌkæb əˈlɛt eɪ, ˌkɑ bə-; Italian ˌkɑ bɑˈlɛt tɛ/.
a short, operatic aria of simple form and style.
Origin of cabaletta
11835–45; <Italian, alteration of coboletta stanza, diminutive of cob(b)ola, cobla stanza, couplet <Old Provençal cobla<Latin cōpula bond; see copula
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