frottola
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian frottola.
Noun[edit]
frottola (plural frottole)
- (music) The predominant type of Italian popular secular song of the late fifteenth and early sixteenth century, and the most important and widespread predecessor to the madrigal.
Translations[edit]
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From frotta.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
frottola f (plural frottole)
- (music) frottola (Italian popular secular song)
- (colloquial) lie, fib
Further reading[edit]
- frottola in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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