so‧na‧ta /səˈnɑːtə/ 
 noun [countable][
Date: 1600-1700; 
Language: Italian; 
Origin: sonare 'to sound', from Latin]
 a piece of music with three or four parts that is written for a piano, or for a piano and another instrument: 
 a piano sonata
 a piano sonata  [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲