canzone

[ kan-zoh-nee; Italian kahn-tsaw-ne ]

noun

, plural can·zo·nes, can·zo·ni [kan-, zoh, -nee, kahn-, tsaw, -nee]

1. a variety of lyric poetry in the Italian style, of Provençal origin, that closely resembles the madrigal.
2. a poem in which each word that appears at the end of a line of the first stanza appears again at the end of one of the lines in each of the following stanzas.

canzone

/ kænˈzəʊnɪ /

noun

1. a Provençal or Italian lyric, often in praise of love or beauty
2. 1. a song, usually of a lyrical nature
   2. (in 16th-century choral music) a polyphonic song from which the madrigal developed

Word History and Origins

Origin of canzone¹

1580–90; < Italian < Latin cantiōnem, accusative singular of cantiō song; canto, -ion

Word History and Origins

Origin of canzone¹

C16: from Italian: song, from Latin cantiō, from canere to sing

Example Sentences

Dominic Canzone came over and picked up the ball and fired it to the infield.

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Working on back-to-back days, Hader gave up one-out singles to Rodriguez and France, but came back to strike out Canzone and get Mitch Haniger to ground into a force out.

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Dominic Canzone’s solo homer in the sixth inning broke up Verlander’s shutout, and George Kirby threw six sharp innings for the Mariners, who improved to 11-4 in one-run games despite matching a season high with 15 strikeouts.

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Verlander’s only mistake was a 92-mph first-pitch fastball to Canzone in the sixth inning.

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Canzone turned on the pitch at the top of the zone, blasting 108.8 mph off the bat for a 411-foot homer to right-center.

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