Notturno

//nɒˈtʊə(ɹ)nəʊ// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A nocturne.
  2. 2
    a pensive lyrical piece of music (especially for the piano) wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian notturno (“nocturnal, nightly”), from Latin nocturnus, from noctū (“by night”), from nox (“night”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Doublet of nocturne.

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