RITORNELS Synonyms

• a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

• a narrative poem of popular origin

• (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

• the close of a musical section

• a recurrent rhythmical series

• any utterance produced simultaneously by a group

• a group of people assembled to sing together

• the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers

• a body of dancers or singers who perform together

• a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play

• utter in unison

• sing in a choir

• a short simple song (or the words of a poem intended to be sung)

• a metallic sound

• a comic verse of irregular measure

• make a sound typical of metallic objects

• a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

• the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes

• the act of passing from one state or place to the next

• a section of text; particularly a section of medium length

• a way through or along which someone or something may pass

• the passing of a law by a legislative body

• a journey usually by ship

• a short section of a musical composition

• a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass

• a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another

• the motion of one object relative to another

• the act of passing something to another person

• an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence

• a short musical passage

• an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

• dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence

• put into words or an expression

• divide, combine, or mark into phrases

• the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers

• resist doing something

• choose not to consume

• an event that repeats

• the act of doing or performing again

• the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device

• a short musical composition with words

• the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy

• a distinctive or characteristic sound

• the act of singing

• the characteristic sound produced by a bird

• a very small sum

• a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

• (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces

• difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension

• a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

• (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress

• a special variety of domesticated animals within a species

• (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups

• injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain

• the general meaning or substance of an utterance

• an effortful attempt to attain a goal

• an intense or violent exertion

• the act of singing

• to exert much effort or energy

• test the limits of

• use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity

• separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements

• cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious

• become stretched or tense or taut

• remove by passing through a filter

• rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender

• alter the shape of (something) by stress

• a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

• the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch

• the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency

• adjust for (better) functioning

• adjust the pitches of (musical instruments)

• literature in metrical form

• a piece of poetry

• a line of metrical text

• compose verses or put into verse

• familiarize through thorough study or experience