vibrato

See also Vibrato

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vibrato, past participle of vibrare meaning "to vibrate" or "to quiver"

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒtəʊ

Noun

vibrato (plural vibratos)

1. (music) The musical effect or technique where the pitch or frequency of a note or sound is quickly and repeatedly raised and lowered over a small distance for the duration of that note or sound.

Related terms

vibrant vibrate

vibratile vibration

vibratiuncle vibrative

vibrator

See also

• tremolo

Translations

Musical effect or technique

• Finnish: vibrato (fi)
• French: vibrato (fr)

• German: Bebung (de) f
• Japanese: ビブラート (biburāto)

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vibrato, past participle of vibrare meaning "to vibrate" or "to quiver"

Noun

vibrato m (plural vibratos)

1. (music) vibrato

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Italian

Verb

vibrato m (feminine vibrata, masculine plural vibrati, feminine plural vibrate)

1. Past participle of vibrare

Noun

vibrato m (plural vibrati)

1. (music) vibrato

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Latin

Verb

vibrātō

1. second-person singular present active imperative of vibrō
2. third-person singular present active imperative of vibrō