notturno

[ nuh-toor-noh, noh-; Italian nawt-toor-naw ]

noun,plural not·tur·ni [nuh-toor-nee, noh-; Italian nawt-toor-nee]. /nəˈtʊər ni, noʊ-; Italian nɔtˈtʊər ni/. Music.
  1. an 18th-century composition for chamber orchestra, similar to a serenade or a divertimento.

Origin of notturno

1
<Italian: of the night <Latin nocturnus.See nocturn

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