sonate
French, noun/sɔ.nat/
sonate is spelled S-O-N-A-T-E (6 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,273rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sonate is a French feminine noun meaning “sonata” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Composition instrumentale de musique classique”.
What does sonate mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesonata
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Composition instrumentale de musique classique. 2. Forme musicale de musique classique composée de trois parties : l’exposition, le développement et la réexposition.
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 sonate
- sonates plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sonate?
- /sɔ.nat/
- \sɔ.nat\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sonate
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sonate in French?
sonate appears 1.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).