pizzicato

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pizzicato, past participle of pizzicare (“to pluck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɪtsɪˈkɑːtoʊ/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: piz‧zi‧ca‧to

Adverb

pizzicato (not comparable)

1. (music) To be played by plucking the strings instead of using the bow.

   Synonym: pizz.

Antonyms

• arco

Derived terms

• Bartók pizzicato
• snap pizzicato

 

Translations

musical instruction

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 撥奏／拨奏 (zh) (bōzòu)

• Estonian: pizzicato (et)
• French: pizzicato (fr)
• Galician: pizzicato (gl) m
• Italian: pizzicato (it)
• Japanese: ピチカート (pichikāto), ピッチカート (pitchikāto), ピッツィカート (pittsikāto)
• Macedonian: пицикато (picikato)
• Marathi: पिज्जिकातो (pijjikāto)
• Russian: пиццика́то (ru) (piccikáto)
• Swedish: pizzicato (sv)

Noun

pizzicato (plural pizzicatos or pizzicati)

1. (music) A note that is played pizzicato
   • 1981, “Vienna”, performed by Ultravox:

     The music is weaving / Haunting notes, pizzicato strings

   • 2007 May 7, Vivien Schweitzer, “Players With No Conductor and, Increasingly, With No Fear”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     “Trapeze” begins with pizzicatos that plunge into a circuslike cacophony with rapid trills, busy, clashing textures and motion in every direction.

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

pizzicato

1. pizzicato

Noun

pizzicato m (plural pizzicatos)

1. pizzicato

Further reading

• “pizzicato”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Participle

pizzicato (feminine pizzicata, masculine plural pizzicati, feminine plural pizzicate)

1. past participle of pizzicare

Noun

pizzicato m (plural pizzicati)

1. (music) pizzicato

Anagrams

• capitozzi

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian pizzicato.

Adverb

pizzicato

1. pizzicato

Noun

pizzicato n (uncountable)

1. pizzicato

Declension

declension of pizzicato (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) pizzicato	pizzicatoul
genitive/dative	(unui) pizzicato	pizzicatoului
vocative	pizzicatoule