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noc⋅turne
[nok-turn] 
tɜrn
–noun Music.
| 1. | a piece appropriate to the night or evening. |
| 2. | an instrumental composition of a dreamy or pensive character. |
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| noc·turne (nŏk'tûrn') n.
[French, from Old French, nocturnal, from Latin nocturnus; see nocturnal.] |
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Nocturne
Noc*turne"\, n. [F. See Nocturn.] (Mus.) A night piece, or serenade. The name is now used for a certain graceful and expressive form of instrumental composition, as the nocturne for orchestra in Mendelsohn's "Midsummer-Night's Dream" music.
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Language Translation for : nocturne
Spanish:
nocturno,
German:
Nacht-…,
Japanese:
夜行性の
nocturne
1862, "composition of a dreamy character," from Fr. nocturne, lit. "composition appropriate to the night," noun use of O.Fr. nocturne "nocturnal," from L. nocturnus (see nocturnal). Said to have been coined c.1814 by John Field, who wrote many of them, in a style that Chopin mastered in his own works, which popularized the term.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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