different between vibrato vs vibration

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.

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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 French vibration, from Latin vibr?ti? (“a shaking or brandishing”), from vibr? (“shake, vibrate”); see vibrate.Morphologically vibrate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /va??b?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

vibration (countable and uncountable, plural vibrations)

1. The act of vibrating or the condition of being vibrated.
2. (physics) Any periodic process, especially a rapid linear motion of a body about an equilibrium position.
3. A single complete vibrating motion.
4. (parapsychology) A vibrational energy of spiritual nature through which mediumistic and other paranormal phenomena are conveyed or affected.
5. (by extension, slang, often in the plural) An instinctively sensed emotional aura or atmosphere.

   Synonym: vibes

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Translations

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

From Latin vibr?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.b?a.sj??/

Noun

vibration f (plural vibrations)

1. vibration

Related terms

• vibrer

Further reading

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