different between legato vs tremolo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian legato, past participle of legare (“to tie up, tie together, to bind”), learned borrowing from Latin lig? (“tie, bind”). Doublet of ligate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: l?-gä?t?, IPA^(key): /l????.t??/
• (US) enPR: l?-gä?t?, IPA^(key): /l????.to?/
• Rhymes: -??t??
• Hyphenation: le?ga?to

Adverb

legato (not comparable)

1. (music) Smoothly, in a connected manner.

   Antonyms: portato, staccato

Related terms

• legatissimo

Translations

Noun

legato (countable and uncountable, plural legatos)

1. (music) A style of performance characterized by smoothly connected notes.
2. (music) A passage that is played legato.

Translations

Anagrams

• Goleta, gelato

Esperanto

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

legato (accusative singular legaton, plural legatoj, accusative plural legatojn)

1. singular present nominal passive participle of legi

Etymology 2

From Latin legatus.

Noun

legato (accusative singular legaton, plural legatoj, accusative plural legatojn)

1. (Catholicism) legate

Etymology 3

From Italian legato.

Noun

legato (uncountable, accusative legaton)

1. (music) legato

French

Etymology

From Italian legato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?.?a.to/

Noun

legato m (plural legatos)

1. (music) legato

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le??a.to/

Etymology 1

From legare.

Adjective

legato (feminine legata, masculine plural legati, feminine plural legate)

1. awkward, stiff
2. linked, connected, tied
3. close, attached, involved

Verb

legato m (feminine singular legata, masculine plural legati, feminine plural legate)

1. past participle of legare

Further reading

• legato¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

From Latin l?g?tus.

Noun

legato m (plural legati)

1. legate
2. legacy, bequest, background

Derived terms

• legato pontificio
• prelegato

Further reading

• legato² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• gelato, tegola

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /le???a?.to?/, [??e???ä?t?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /le??a.to/, [l?????t??]

Noun

l?g?t?

1. dative/ablative singular of l?g?tus

Participle

l?g?t?

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of l?g?tus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tremolo, first-person present indicative of tremolare (“to shake, to tremble”). Origin: 1715-25.

Noun

tremolo (countable and uncountable, plural tremolos)

1. (music) A rapid repetition of the same note, or an alternation between two or more notes. It can also be intended to mean a rapid and repetitive variation in pitch for the duration of a note. It is notated by a strong diagonal bar across the note stem, or a detached bar for a set of notes (or stemless notes).
   • 1880, Felix Leopold Oswald, Summerland Sketches (page 57)

     It commenced with a slow crescendo, so irresistibly lugubrious that two of our dogs at once raised their heads and swelled their voices into a responsive tremolo, which may have been heard and appreciated by their distant relatives.

2. (music) A variation in the volume of a note or a chord, evoking a tremor or quiver.
3. (music) The device in an organ that produces a tremolo effect.

Derived terms

• tremolist
• tremolo picking

Translations

See also

• tremolo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• roomlet

Catalan

Verb

tremolo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of tremolar

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tremolo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tre?.mo?.lo?/
• Hyphenation: tre?mo?lo

Noun

tremolo m (plural tremolo's, diminutive tremolootje n)

1. (music) tremolo

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tremula and French tremble.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tre?molo/
• Hyphenation: tre?mo?lo
• Rhymes: -olo

Noun

tremolo (accusative singular tremolon, plural tremoloj, accusative plural tremolojn)

1. aspen (Populus tremula)
   • 1938, La praktiko, page 3.

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian tremolo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tremolo/, [?t?re?mo?lo?]
• Rhymes: -emolo
• Syllabification: tre?mo?lo

Noun

tremolo

1. (music) tremolo

Declension

Ido

Noun

tremolo (plural tremoli)

1. (music) tremolo

Italian

Verb

tremolo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tremolare

Portuguese

Noun

tremolo m (plural tremolos)

1. (music) tremolo (rapid repetition of the same note)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?e?molo/, [t??e?mo.lo]

Verb

tremolo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of tremolar.