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Definition of madrigal noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

madrigal

noun
 
/ˈmædrɪɡl/
 
/ˈmædrɪɡl/
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  1. a song for several singers, usually without musical instruments, popular in the 16th centuryTopics Musicc2
    Word Originfrom Italian madrigale (from medieval Latin carmen matricale ‘simple song’), from matricalis ‘maternal or primitive’, from matrix ‘womb’.
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