different between vibratiuncle vs vibrato

English

Alternative forms

• vibratiuncula
• vibratiuncule

Etymology

From modern Latin vibratiuncula, diminutive form of Latin vibr?tio (“vibration”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: v?br?sh?.?ng?kl, IPA^(key): /va?b?e??????kl/

Noun

vibratiuncle (plural vibratiuncles)

1. (now chiefly historical) A minuscule or slight vibration; specifically, a vibration in brain tissue caused by the comparatively greater vibrations of the particles of the medullary substance of the nerves (formerly hypothesised to convey external impressions to the mind). [from 18th c.]
   • 1749, David Hartley, Observations on Man, I.i:

     Diminutive Vibrations, which may also be called Vibratiuncles and Miniatures.

   • 2004, Robert E Schofield, The Enlightened Joseph Priestley, Pennsylvania State University 2004, p. 57:

     Yet long after references to associationism all but ceased, neurophysiologists continue to explore variations of the “traces” or “vibratiuncles” that sensations might leave in the substance of the brain.

Derived terms

• vibratiunculation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vibrato m, past participle of vibrare (“to vibrate”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??b???to?/
• Rhymes: -??t??

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.

Related terms

Translations

See also

• tremolo

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian vibrato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ibr?(?)t(?)o/, [??ibr?(?)t?(?)o?]
• Rhymes: -ibr?to
• Syllabification: vib?ra?to

Noun

vibrato

1. (music) vibrato

Declension

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vibrato m, past participle of vibrare (“to vibrate”), cognate with vibré m

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.b?a.to/

Noun

vibrato m (plural vibratos)

1. (music) vibrato

Further reading

• “vibrato” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Verb

vibrato m (feminine singular vibrata, masculine plural vibrati, feminine plural vibrate)

1. past participle of vibrare

Noun

vibrato m (plural vibrati)

1. (music) vibrato

Latin

Verb

vibr?t?

1. second-person singular future active imperative of vibr?
2. third-person singular future active imperative of vibr?

Portuguese

Noun

vibrato m (plural vibratos)

1. (music) vibrato (musical effect where the pitch of a note is quickly and repeatedly raised and lowered)

Spanish

Noun

vibrato m (plural vibratos)

1. vibrato