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Word: Pizzicato
Speech Type: Adverb
Etymology:
Italian, literally ‘pinched, twitched’, past participle of pizzicare, based on pizza ‘point, edge’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌpɪtsɪˈkɑːtəʊ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(often as a direction) plucking the strings of a violin or other stringed instrument with one's finger.
Short Definition:plucking strings of violin etc. with finger
Word: Pizzicato
Speech Type: Adjective
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌpɪtsɪˈkɑːtəʊ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
performed pizzicato
Short Definition:performed pizzicato
Examples:- an inspired pizzicato movement by the Philharmonic strings
Word: Pizzicato
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌpɪtsɪˈkɑːtəʊ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the technique of playing pizzicato.
Short Definition:pizzicato technique
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