pizzicato
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian pizzicato, past participle of pizzicare (“to pluck”).
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editpizzicato (not comparable)
Antonyms
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editTranslations
editmusical instruction
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Noun
editpizzicato (plural pizzicatos or pizzicati)
- (music) A note that is played pizzicato
- 2007 May 7, Vivien Schweitzer, “Players With No Conductor and, Increasingly, With No Fear”, in New York Times[1]:
- “Trapeze” begins with pizzicatos that plunge into a circuslike cacophony with rapid trills, busy, clashing textures and motion in every direction.
French
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Adjective
editpizzicato
Noun
editpizzicato m (plural pizzicatos)
Further reading
edit- “pizzicato”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
editParticiple
editpizzicato (feminine pizzicata, masculine plural pizzicati, feminine plural pizzicate)
Noun
editpizzicato m (plural pizzicati)
Anagrams
editRomanian
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from Italian pizzicato.
Adverb
editpizzicato
Noun
editpizzicato n (uncountable)
Declension
edit declension of pizzicato (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) pizzicato | pizzicatoul |
genitive/dative | (unui) pizzicato | pizzicatoului |
vocative | pizzicatoule |
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