ritornello

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ri=tor=nel=lo

CIDE DICTIONARY

ritornello, n. [It. ritornello, dim. of ritorno return, fr. ritornare to return: cf. F. ritournelle.].

 A short return or repetition; a concluding symphony to an air, often consisting of the burden of the song.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ritornello, n. Mus. (pl. -os or ritornelli) a short instrumental refrain, interlude, etc., in a vocal work.

Etymology

It., dimin. of ritorno RETURN

ROGET THESAURUS

ritornello

Repetition

N repetition, iteration, reiteration, harping, recurrence, succession, run, battology, tautology, monotony, tautophony, rhythm, diffuseness, pleonasm, redundancy, chimes, repetend, echo, ritornello, burden of a song, refrain, rehearsal, rechauffe, rifacimento, recapitulation, cuckoo, reverberation, drumming, renewal, twice-told tale, old story, old song, second edition, new edition, reappearance, reproduction, recursion, periodicity, repeated, repetitional, repetitionary, recurrent, recurring, ever recurring, thick coming, frequent, incessant, redundant, pleonastic, monotonous, harping, iterative, recursive, unvaried, mocking, chiming, retold, aforesaid, aforenamed, above-mentioned, above-said, habitual, another, repeatedly, often, again, anew, over again, afresh, once more, ding-dong, ditto, encore, de novo, bis, da capo, again and again, over and over, over and over again, recursively, many times over, time and again, time after time, year after year, day by day, many times, several times, a number of times, many a time, full many a time, frequently, ecce iterum Crispinus, toujours perdrix, cut and come again, tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow, cantilenam eandem canis, nullum est jam dictum quod non dictum sit prius.