cantate
French, noun/kɑ̃.tat/
cantate is spelled C-A-N-T-A-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,811th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cantate is a French feminine noun meaning “cantata” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Composition vocale avec accompagnement instrumental”.
What does cantate mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecantata
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Composition vocale avec accompagnement instrumental. 2. Poème destiné à célébrer un événement heureux, la musique composée pour un poème de ce genre.
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 cantate
- cantates plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cantate?
- /kɑ̃.tat/
- \kɑ̃.tat\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cantate
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cantate in French?
cantate appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).