Italian words in English

A song for voices without instrumentation: The school choir sang some madrigals for the parents at the school concert.

A reference to music played with beauty and quality: The conductor of the orchestra raised her baton and indicated to the players to perform in a maestoso manner.

A serious human disease spread by anopheline mosquitos: Jack had a case of malaria, in which the protozoan Plasmodium multiplied in his blood quite often and causing periodic attacks of chills and fever.

Something that is greatly decreased or reduced in form or size: At Jeff's house, he had a miniature of a sailing ship inside a glass bottle on top the mantle.

A sentence, phrase, or term written on something suitable to its character: The motto of Alabama is "We Dare Defend Our Rights".

1. Outdated, a person who sells questionable or suspicious remedies or cures: Mountebanks are an experts or masters in tricking people into buying things, like beauty pills for a lot of money, although they are just normal vitamins!
2. A charlatan; a flamboyant or splashy deceiver: A mountebank is said to be able to read a person's character from the form of his or her skull!

In music,a woodwind instrument with a double-reed mouthpiece: In the local community orchestra, Peter played the oboe with its penetrating nasal tone and a playing range amounting up to about two octaves.

A rather small and simple musical wind instrument with an oval body, finger holes, and a projecting mouthpiece: The ocarina, or "sweet potato" as it was called in the U.S.,that Mary got for Christmas had eight holes and made an almost pure tone when she played it.

A low wall to protect the edge of a roof, platform. or bridge: After stopping at the view point, Judy took her binoculars to look over the parapet to see the fantastic waterfall in the distance.

Dough made with wheat and water, and may be mixed with egg, shaped into different forms (spaghetti, spiral, etc.), and usually sold in a dry form: Mrs. Nelson bought some pasta which she was going to make into a casserole with cheese for the evening meal.

A musical instrument that has normally 88 steel strings that are struck by felt-covered hammers that are activated from the keyboard: Janet took piano lessons from her aunt, and soon she could play simple pieces which she played later in a recital.

The piano was developed by Florentine harpsichord maker named Bartolomeo Cristofori in 1709.

His invention was remarkable, because it combined the brilliance of the harpsichord with the expressiveness of the softer instrument known as the clavichord.

The musical instrument is known as the piano forte, or piano for short.

Descriptive of soft or quiet tones or very loud ones on the piano: Lynn's piano teacher said that the term piano e forte meant that the pieces of music could be played in both a quiet (piano) and forte (loud) way or manner.

The original name "pianoforte" was based on piano e forte describing its dynamic abilities.

Outdated, a piano: In the music museum, the couple saw various old >pianofortes on display and even listened to a musician play on one!

A public town square: When on holiday in Italy, Susan and her friend decided to sit at a café in the piazzaunder the beautiful trees in the shade before going on to the museum

A short transverse flut pitched almost an octave higher than a flute: There was only one piccolo, in comparison to the three other flutes in the community orchestra, because of its very high and piercing pitch.