"vibrato" meaning in English

See vibrato in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /vɪˈbɹɑːtoʊ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-vibrato.wav Forms: vibratos [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːtəʊ Etymology: Borrowed from Italian vibrato m, past participle of vibrare (“to vibrate”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|vibrato|g=m}} Italian vibrato m Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: vibrato Categories (topical): Music Related terms: vibrant, vibrate, vibratile, vibration, vibratiuncle, vibrative, vibrator, tremolo Translations (musical effect or technique): vibrato [masculine] (Catalan), 顫音 (Chinese Mandarin), 颤音 (chànyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), vibrato [neuter] (Dutch), vibrado (Esperanto), vibraato (Estonian), vibrato (Finnish), vibrato (French), Bebung [feminine] (German), vibrato [masculine] (Hungarian), vibrato [masculine] (Italian), ビブラート (biburāto) (Japanese), 비브라토 (bibeurato) (Korean), tōiriiri (Maori), vibrato [masculine] (Occitan), vibrato [neuter] (Polish), wibrato [neuter] (Polish), wibracja [feminine] (Polish), vibrato [masculine] (Portuguese), вибра́то (vibráto) [neuter] (Russian), vibrato [masculine] (Spanish), vibrà (Venetian)

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