arpeggio

See also: arpeggiò

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑɹˈpɛ.dʒi.oʊ/

Noun

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.

Translations

notes of a chord played individually

• Catalan: arpegi (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 琶音 (zh) (páyīn), 琵音 (píyīn)

• Finnish: arpeggio (fi), murtosointu
• French: arpège (fr) m
• Galician: arpexo (gl) m
• German: Arpeggio (de) n
• Irish: airpéitse f
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• Italian: arpeggio (it) m
• Japanese: 琵音 (ja) (びおん, bion), アルペッジョ (arupejjo)
• Maori: rauoro
• Portuguese: arpejo (pt) m
• Russian: арпе́джио (ru) n (arpédžio), арпе́джио (ru) n (arpɛ́džio)
• Spanish: arpegio (es) m
• Turkish: arpej (tr)

See also

• broken chord

Anagrams

• geropiga

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Italian

Etymology

From the verb arpeggiare, from arpa.

Noun

arpeggio m (plural arpeggi)

1. arpeggio

Descendants

• → English: arpeggio
• → Portuguese: arpejo
• → Spanish: arpegio

Verb

arpeggio

1. first-person singular present indicative of arpeggiare

Anagrams

• pareggio, pareggiò, peggiora, piaggerò, poggerai, poggiare

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Portuguese

Noun

arpeggio m (plural arpeggios)

1. (uncommon) Alternative form of arpejo