different between vibrato vs vibrate

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

English

Etymology

From Latin vibr?tus, perfect passive participle of vibr? (“agitate, set in tremulous motion”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /va??b?e?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?va?.b?e?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Verb

vibrate (third-person singular simple present vibrates, present participle vibrating, simple past and past participle vibrated)

1. (intransitive) To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
2. (intransitive) To resonate.

   Her mind was vibrating with excitement.

3. (transitive) To brandish; to swing to and fro.

   to vibrate a sword or a staff

4. (transitive) To mark or measure by moving to and fro.

   a pendulum vibrating seconds

5. (transitive) To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
   • 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech

     Breath vocalized, i.e., vibrated or undulated, may […] impress a swift, tremulous motion.
6. (transitive, slang, dated) To please or impress someone.
   • 1949, Ladies' Home Journal (volume 66, page 115)

     And if he wants to give you high praise, he'll answer, "That vibrates me"; "That has a large charge"; or "That's oogley."

   • 1961, Congressional Record

     […] standing side by side under a Grecian column, tapping their feet in unison and saying such things as "Hot-diggety,” “Razz-ma-tazz," “That vibrates me," and other expressions of praise current in their youth.

7. (intransitive, music) To use vibrato.

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Translations

Noun

vibrate (uncountable)

1. The setting, on a portable electronic device, that causes it to vibrate rather than sound any (or most) needed alarms.

   Please put your cellphones on vibrate for the duration of the meeting.

Translations

Further reading

• vibrate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• vibrate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• vrbaite

Italian

Verb

vibrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of vibrare
2. second-person plural imperative of vibrare
3. feminine plural of vibrato

Anagrams

• brevità, trabevi

Latin

Verb

vibr?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of vibr?