See also: arpeggiò

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian arpeggio, from arpeggiare (to play a harp).

Pronunciation edit

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɑɹˈpɛ.d͡ʒi.oʊ/
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Noun edit

arpeggio (plural arpeggios or arpeggi)

  1. (music) The notes of a chord played individually instead of simultaneously, usually moving from lowest to highest.
    • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 14, in Crime out of Mind[1]:
      He struck the opening chords of the passage; but this time Irene's voice was silent. Victor stopped in the middle of an arpeggio.

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Verb edit

arpeggio (third-person singular simple present arpeggios, present participle arpeggioing, simple past and past participle arpeggioed)

  1. (transitive) To play (a chord) as an arpeggio; to play (a piece of music) with arpeggios.
    Synonym: arpeggiate
    • 1819, Abraham Rees (ed.), The Cyclopædia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Volume 14, entry “Fingering on Keyed Instruments,”[2]
      In practising quick passages, the fingers should be lifted up with a spring, and not allowed to hang on the keys, till wanted again, unless in arpeggioing chords, or in passages of expression.
    • 1872, Samuel Butler, chapter 4, in Erewhon [] [3], London: Trübner & Co., →OCLC, page 29:
      [] I could see a man with his head buried forward towards a key-board, and his body swaying from side to side amid the storm of huge arpeggioed harmonies that came crashing overhead and round.
    • 1902, Booth Tarkington, chapter 1, in The Two Vanrevels[4], New York: McClure, Phillips, page 11:
      [] having finished her piano-forte practice, touched her harp twice, and arpeggioed the Spanish Fandango on her guitar, Miss Betty read two paragraphs of “Gilbert” []
    • 1990, Marcel Montecino, Big Time[5], New York: William Morrow, Book 3, p. 197:
      When his fingers touched the piano, he formed a D7 chord, arpeggioed it up the inversions, then started singing and playing the “Happy Birthday” song.
  2. (intransitive) To produce arpeggios; to produce sounds resembling arpeggios.
    • 1898, Edward Noyes Westcott, chapter 37, in David Harum[6], New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 314:
      Herr Schlitz seated himself on the piano chair, pushed it a little back, drew it a little forward to the original place, looked under the piano at the pedals, took out his handkerchief and wiped his face and hands, and after arpeggioing up and down the keyboard, swung into a waltz of Chopin’s []
    • 1909, O. Henry, “Whistling Dick’s Christmas Stocking”, in Roads of Destiny[7], Garden City, NY: Doubleday, page 357:
      The soaring sound [of the whistling] rippled and trilled and arpeggioed as the songs of wild birds do not;
    • 2012, Roshi Fernando, “At the Barn Dance”, in Homesick[8], New York: Vintage, page 166:
      The accordion player arpeggioed through a chord []
  3. (transitive, intransitive, figurative) To move (the hand or fingers) against a surface as if playing arpeggios on a keyboard; to touch different points in succession along a surface.
    • 1931, Kate O’Brien, Without My Cloak[9], London: Penguin, published 1987, Book 2, Chapter 8, p. 187:
      Her hand was still arpeggioing softly on his arm.
    • 1966, Richard Lancaster, Piegan: A Look from Within at the Life, Times, and Legacy of an American Indian Tribe[10], Garden City, NY: Doubleday, page 168:
      the prickle of horripilation which arpeggioed my spine as I came barrelling down the hill from that ghost house
    • 2009, Kevin Crossley-Holland, The Hidden Roads[11], London: Quercus, page 136:
      While we thanked him for having us and told him the car was packed, and so on, he arpeggioed his stumpy fingers across his scarlet blanket.

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Etymology edit

Italian arpeggio

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑrpeɡːio/, [ˈɑ̝rpe̞ɡˌɡio̞]
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑrpedːʒio/, [ˈɑ̝rpe̞dːˌʒio̞]
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Syllabification(key): ar‧peg‧gi‧o

Noun edit

arpeggio

  1. (music) arpeggio

Declension edit

Inflection of arpeggio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
nominative arpeggio arpeggiot
genitive arpeggion arpeggioiden
arpeggioitten
partitive arpeggiota arpeggioita
illative arpeggioon arpeggioihin
singular plural
nominative arpeggio arpeggiot
accusative nom. arpeggio arpeggiot
gen. arpeggion
genitive arpeggion arpeggioiden
arpeggioitten
partitive arpeggiota arpeggioita
inessive arpeggiossa arpeggioissa
elative arpeggiosta arpeggioista
illative arpeggioon arpeggioihin
adessive arpeggiolla arpeggioilla
ablative arpeggiolta arpeggioilta
allative arpeggiolle arpeggioille
essive arpeggiona arpeggioina
translative arpeggioksi arpeggioiksi
abessive arpeggiotta arpeggioitta
instructive arpeggioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of arpeggio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative arpeggioni arpeggioni
accusative nom. arpeggioni arpeggioni
gen. arpeggioni
genitive arpeggioni arpeggioideni
arpeggioitteni
partitive arpeggiotani arpeggioitani
inessive arpeggiossani arpeggioissani
elative arpeggiostani arpeggioistani
illative arpeggiooni arpeggioihini
adessive arpeggiollani arpeggioillani
ablative arpeggioltani arpeggioiltani
allative arpeggiolleni arpeggioilleni
essive arpeggionani arpeggioinani
translative arpeggiokseni arpeggioikseni
abessive arpeggiottani arpeggioittani
instructive
comitative arpeggioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative arpeggiosi arpeggiosi
accusative nom. arpeggiosi arpeggiosi
gen. arpeggiosi
genitive arpeggiosi arpeggioidesi
arpeggioittesi
partitive arpeggiotasi arpeggioitasi
inessive arpeggiossasi arpeggioissasi
elative arpeggiostasi arpeggioistasi
illative arpeggioosi arpeggioihisi
adessive arpeggiollasi arpeggioillasi
ablative arpeggioltasi arpeggioiltasi
allative arpeggiollesi arpeggioillesi
essive arpeggionasi arpeggioinasi
translative arpeggioksesi arpeggioiksesi
abessive arpeggiottasi arpeggioittasi
instructive
comitative arpeggioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative arpeggiomme arpeggiomme
accusative nom. arpeggiomme arpeggiomme
gen. arpeggiomme
genitive arpeggiomme arpeggioidemme
arpeggioittemme
partitive arpeggiotamme arpeggioitamme
inessive arpeggiossamme arpeggioissamme
elative arpeggiostamme arpeggioistamme
illative arpeggioomme arpeggioihimme
adessive arpeggiollamme arpeggioillamme
ablative arpeggioltamme arpeggioiltamme
allative arpeggiollemme arpeggioillemme
essive arpeggionamme arpeggioinamme
translative arpeggioksemme arpeggioiksemme
abessive arpeggiottamme arpeggioittamme
instructive
comitative arpeggioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative arpeggionne arpeggionne
accusative nom. arpeggionne arpeggionne
gen. arpeggionne
genitive arpeggionne arpeggioidenne
arpeggioittenne
partitive arpeggiotanne arpeggioitanne
inessive arpeggiossanne arpeggioissanne
elative arpeggiostanne arpeggioistanne
illative arpeggioonne arpeggioihinne
adessive arpeggiollanne arpeggioillanne
ablative arpeggioltanne arpeggioiltanne
allative arpeggiollenne arpeggioillenne
essive arpeggionanne arpeggioinanne
translative arpeggioksenne arpeggioiksenne
abessive arpeggiottanne arpeggioittanne
instructive
comitative arpeggioinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative arpeggionsa arpeggionsa
accusative nom. arpeggionsa arpeggionsa
gen. arpeggionsa
genitive arpeggionsa arpeggioidensa
arpeggioittensa
partitive arpeggiotaan
arpeggiotansa
arpeggioitaan
arpeggioitansa
inessive arpeggiossaan
arpeggiossansa
arpeggioissaan
arpeggioissansa
elative arpeggiostaan
arpeggiostansa
arpeggioistaan
arpeggioistansa
illative arpeggioonsa arpeggioihinsa
adessive arpeggiollaan
arpeggiollansa
arpeggioillaan
arpeggioillansa
ablative arpeggioltaan
arpeggioltansa
arpeggioiltaan
arpeggioiltansa
allative arpeggiolleen
arpeggiollensa
arpeggioilleen
arpeggioillensa
essive arpeggionaan
arpeggionansa
arpeggioinaan
arpeggioinansa
translative arpeggiokseen
arpeggioksensa
arpeggioikseen
arpeggioiksensa
abessive arpeggiottaan
arpeggiottansa
arpeggioittaan
arpeggioittansa
instructive
comitative arpeggioineen
arpeggioinensa

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Etymology 1 edit

Deverbal from arpeggiare +‎ -o, from arpa.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /arˈped.d͡ʒo/
  • Rhymes: -eddʒo
  • Hyphenation: ar‧pég‧gio

Noun edit

arpeggio m (plural arpeggi)

  1. arpeggio
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Etymology 2 edit

From arpeggiare +‎ -io (frequentative).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ar.pedˈd͡ʒi.o/
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: ar‧peg‧gì‧o

Noun edit

arpeggio m (plural arpeggii) (uncommon)

  1. continuous arpeggiation

Etymology 3 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /arˈped.d͡ʒo/
  • Rhymes: -eddʒo
  • Hyphenation: ar‧pég‧gio

Verb edit

arpeggio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of arpeggiare

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Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from Italian arpeggio.

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arpeggio n (related adjective arpedżiowy)

  1. (music) arpeggio (notes of a chord played individually instead of simultaneously, usually moving from lowest to highest)

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Further reading edit

  • arpeggio in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • arpeggio in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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arpeggio m (plural arpeggios)

  1. (uncommon) Alternative form of arpejo