arpeggiate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English arpeggio

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātuslbor.

English -ate

English arpeggiate

From arpeggio + -ate.

Verb

arpeggiate (third-person singular simple present arpeggiates, present participle arpeggiating, simple past and past participle arpeggiated)

1. (music, transitive) To play (a chord) as an arpeggio.
   • 2007 January 12, Ben Ratliff, “High-Toned Scats and Purrs by a Low-Profile Jazz Singer”, in New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 18 March 2025:

     […] Mr. Keezer arpeggiated chords a little flashily, but justifiably so; […] .

2. (music, of the notes of a chord) To represent separately on a score.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

• arpeggiation
• unarpeggiated

Translations

to play (a chord) as an arpeggio

• Finnish: soittaa murtosointuna
• French: arpéger (fr)
• Italian: arpeggiare (it)
• Polish: grać arpeggio impf
• Portuguese: arpejar

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

arpeggiate

1. inflection of arpeggiare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

arpeggiate f pl

1. feminine plural of arpeggiato

Anagrams

• pareggiate