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can⋅zo⋅ne

  [kan-zoh-nee; It. kahn-tsaw-ne] .
–noun, plural -nes, -ni  [-nee]
1. a variety of lyric poetry in the Italian style, of Provençal origin, that closely resembles the madrigal.
2. a poem in which each word that appears at the end of a line of the first stanza appears again at the end of one of the lines in each of the following stanzas.
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Origin:
1580–90; < It < L cantiōnem, acc. sing. of cantiō song; see canto, -ion
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can⋅zo⋅na

  [kan-zoh-nuh; It. kahn-tsaw-nah]
–noun, plural -ne  [-ney; It. -ne] .
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can·zo·ne   (kān-zō'nē, känt-sō'ně)   
n.   pl. can·zo·nes (-nēz, -nāz) or can·zo·ni (-nē)

  1. A medieval Italian or Provençal lyric of varying stanzaic form, usually with a concluding envoy.

  2. A polyphonic song evolving from this form of poetry and resembling the madrigal in style.


[Italian, from Latin cantiō, cantiōn-, song, from cantus, past particple of canere, to sing; see kan- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

canzone 
1590, from It., from L. cantionem "singing, song," from canere "to sing" (see chant). In It. or Prov., a song resembling the madrigal, but less strict in style.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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