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- Italian · borrowed fromvibrato m
- English todayvib.
Abbreviation of Italian vibrato m, past participle of vibrare (“to vibrate”)
Words from the same roots
Italianvibrato all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Italian vibrato m