Sonata, a piece of music for one or two instruments, arrived from Italian around 1600. It means " sounded" , as it is a past participle of the Italian verb sonare, " to sound" .

奏鸣曲是一种或两种乐器的乐曲， 大约在 1600 年从意大利语传来。 它的意思是“响起” ，因为它是意大利语动词 sonare“响起” 的过去分词。