cantabile
French, noun/kɑ̃.ta.bil/
cantabile is spelled C-A-N-T-A-B-I-L-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cantabile is a French masculine noun meaning “cantabile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Morceau de chant ou de musique instrumentale dont la mélodie, douce et gracieuse, procède par des mouvements…”.
What does cantabile mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecantabile
adjective
- 1
cantabile
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Propre à chanter, à être chanté, à faire briller la voix.
noun: 1. Morceau de chant ou de musique instrumentale dont la mélodie, douce et gracieuse, procède par des mouvements lents.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cantabile
- cantabiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cantabile?
- /kɑ̃.ta.bil/
- /kɑ̃.ta.bi.le/
- \kɑ̃.ta.bi.le\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cantabile in French?
cantabile appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).