See pizzicato in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for pizzicato meaning in English (6.1kB)
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "arco"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "it",
"3": "pizzicato"
},
"expansion": "Italian pizzicato",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian pizzicato, past participle of pizzicare (“to pluck”).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "pizzicato (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adv"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"piz‧zi‧ca‧to"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Music",
"orig": "en:Music",
"parents": [
"Art",
"Sound",
"Culture",
"Energy",
"Society",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "48 52",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "Bartók pizzicato"
},
{
"word": "snap pizzicato"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To be played by plucking the strings instead of using the bow."
],
"id": "en-pizzicato-en-adv-ht8-DJSY",
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"pluck",
"pluck"
],
[
"bow",
"bow"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(music) To be played by plucking the strings instead of using the bow."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "pizz."
}
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "musical instruction",
"word": "撥奏"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bōzòu",
"sense": "musical instruction",
"word": "拨奏"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "musical instruction",
"word": "pizzicato"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "musical instruction",
"word": "pizzicato"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "musical instruction",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pizzicato"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "musical instruction",
"word": "pizzicato"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "pichikāto",
"sense": "musical instruction",
"word": "ピチカート"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "pitchikāto",
"sense": "musical instruction",
"word": "ピッチカート"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "pittsikāto",
"sense": "musical instruction",
"word": "ピッツィカート"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "picikato",
"sense": "musical instruction",
"word": "пицикато"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "pijjikāto",
"sense": "musical instruction",
"word": "पिज्जिकातो"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "piccikáto",
"sense": "musical instruction",
"word": "пиццика́то"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "musical instruction",
"word": "pizzicato"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌpɪtsɪˈkɑːtoʊ/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-pizzicato.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/En-us-pizzicato.ogg/En-us-pizzicato.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/En-us-pizzicato.ogg"
}
],
"word": "pizzicato"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "it",
"3": "pizzicato"
},
"expansion": "Italian pizzicato",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian pizzicato, past participle of pizzicare (“to pluck”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pizzicatos",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "pizzicati",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "s",
"2": "pizzicati"
},
"expansion": "pizzicato (plural pizzicatos or pizzicati)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"piz‧zi‧ca‧to"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Music",
"orig": "en:Music",
"parents": [
"Art",
"Sound",
"Culture",
"Energy",
"Society",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "48 52",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "40 60",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Estonian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "41 59",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "40 60",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Galician translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "41 59",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Italian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "41 59",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "40 60",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Macedonian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "40 60",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "41 59",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Marathi translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "41 59",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "41 59",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1981, “Vienna”, performed by Ultravox",
"text": "The music is weaving / Haunting notes, pizzicato strings",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2007 May 7, Vivien Schweitzer, “Players With No Conductor and, Increasingly, With No Fear”, in New York Times",
"text": "“Trapeze” begins with pizzicatos that plunge into a circuslike cacophony with rapid trills, busy, clashing textures and motion in every direction.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A note that is played pizzicato"
],
"id": "en-pizzicato-en-noun-tlBZFTwL",
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"note",
"note"
],
[
"pizzicato",
"#Adverb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(music) A note that is played pizzicato"
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌpɪtsɪˈkɑːtoʊ/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-pizzicato.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/En-us-pizzicato.ogg/En-us-pizzicato.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/En-us-pizzicato.ogg"
}
],
"word": "pizzicato"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "arco"
}
],
"categories": [
"English 4-syllable words",
"English adverbs",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English nouns with irregular plurals",
"English terms borrowed from Italian",
"English terms derived from Italian",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncomparable adverbs",
"Terms with Estonian translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Galician translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Macedonian translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Marathi translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "Bartók pizzicato"
},
{
"word": "snap pizzicato"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "it",
"3": "pizzicato"
},
"expansion": "Italian pizzicato",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian pizzicato, past participle of pizzicare (“to pluck”).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "pizzicato (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adv"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"piz‧zi‧ca‧to"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Music"
],
"glosses": [
"To be played by plucking the strings instead of using the bow."
],
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"pluck",
"pluck"
],
[
"bow",
"bow"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(music) To be played by plucking the strings instead of using the bow."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "pizz."
}
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌpɪtsɪˈkɑːtoʊ/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-pizzicato.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/En-us-pizzicato.ogg/En-us-pizzicato.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/En-us-pizzicato.ogg"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "musical instruction",
"word": "撥奏"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bōzòu",
"sense": "musical instruction",
"word": "拨奏"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "musical instruction",
"word": "pizzicato"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "musical instruction",
"word": "pizzicato"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "musical instruction",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pizzicato"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "musical instruction",
"word": "pizzicato"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "pichikāto",
"sense": "musical instruction",
"word": "ピチカート"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "pitchikāto",
"sense": "musical instruction",
"word": "ピッチカート"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "pittsikāto",
"sense": "musical instruction",
"word": "ピッツィカート"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "picikato",
"sense": "musical instruction",
"word": "пицикато"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "pijjikāto",
"sense": "musical instruction",
"word": "पिज्जिकातो"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "piccikáto",
"sense": "musical instruction",
"word": "пиццика́то"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "musical instruction",
"word": "pizzicato"
}
],
"word": "pizzicato"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 4-syllable words",
"English adverbs",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English nouns with irregular plurals",
"English terms borrowed from Italian",
"English terms derived from Italian",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English uncomparable adverbs",
"Terms with Estonian translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Galician translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Japanese translations",
"Terms with Macedonian translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Marathi translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "it",
"3": "pizzicato"
},
"expansion": "Italian pizzicato",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian pizzicato, past participle of pizzicare (“to pluck”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "pizzicatos",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "pizzicati",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "s",
"2": "pizzicati"
},
"expansion": "pizzicato (plural pizzicatos or pizzicati)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"piz‧zi‧ca‧to"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Music"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1981, “Vienna”, performed by Ultravox",
"text": "The music is weaving / Haunting notes, pizzicato strings",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2007 May 7, Vivien Schweitzer, “Players With No Conductor and, Increasingly, With No Fear”, in New York Times",
"text": "“Trapeze” begins with pizzicatos that plunge into a circuslike cacophony with rapid trills, busy, clashing textures and motion in every direction.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A note that is played pizzicato"
],
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"note",
"note"
],
[
"pizzicato",
"#Adverb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(music) A note that is played pizzicato"
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˌpɪtsɪˈkɑːtoʊ/"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-pizzicato.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/49/En-us-pizzicato.ogg/En-us-pizzicato.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/En-us-pizzicato.ogg"
}
],
"word": "pizzicato"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-19 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-06 using wiktextract (372f256 and 664a3bc). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.