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cavatine

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cav⋅a⋅ti⋅na

  [kav-uh-tee-nuh; It. kah-vah-tee-nah]
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–noun, plural -ne  [-ney; It. -ne] . Music.
a simple song or melody, properly one without a second part or a repeat; an air.
Origin:
1830–40; < It, equiv. to cavat(a) song (lit., something drawn out, n. use of fem. of cavata < L cavātus hollowed out, hollow; see cave, -ate 1 ) + -ina -ine 1
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