Notturno
/nɒˈtʊə(ɹ)nəʊ/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A nocturne.
- 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.