plaintif – Definition in music

Definition of the French term plaintif in music:

plaintive, mournful

Language

French

Singular

plaintif (m)plaintive (f)

Plural

plaintifs (m)plaintives (f)

French musical terms that include plaintif:

non plaintif – not plaintive, not mournful

Music scores that include plaintif:

Matthijs Vermeulen: Cello Sonata No. 2 (1927‑38) Page 6

French musical terms related to plaintif:

angoisse – anguish, distress, anxiety
dolent – mournful, plaintive
douloureux – painful
mélancolie – melancholy
mélancolique – melancholic, sad
peine – pain, sadness, sorrow...
plainte – complaint...
plaintivement – plaintively, mournfully
pleurant – crying, weeping, mourning
souffrance – suffering, pain
triste – sad, sorrowful, mournful
tristement – sadly
tristesse – sadness