Noun: canzonetta
| Singular | canzonetta |
| Plural | canzonettas |
Sample Sentences
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In the canzonetta, Mr. McDuffie summoned a subtle glow, which was well matched by flute and clarinet soloists. [2007 January 30, Steve Smith, “A Debut and a Fervent Violinist”, in New York Times:]
Nouns inflected like canzonetta
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Italian canzonetta, from canzone (“song”) + -etta (“-ette: forming diminutives”), from Latin cantiō. Doublet of canzonet. Cf. canzone. See: Italian Nouns '
canzonetta', Latin Nouns '
cantiō'.