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vibrato

/vɪˈbɹɑːtoʊ/

vibrato noun: 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.

Noun

vibrato (plural vibratos)

  1. 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.
    • He felt his teeth methodically, one after the other, with a vibrato movement of finger and thumb.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 429

Adjective

vibrato (comparative more vibrato, superlative most vibrato)

  1. (Internet, humorous) Distorted by editing a sound so it becomes more wobbled, usually for humorous purposes.
    • Yoshi Dance But Every Time He Showing His Face It Gets Vibrato

vibrato meaning in Urdu

vibrato in Urdu

تھرکتی آواز

Forms of vibrato

Noun
pluralvibratos
Adjective
comparativemore vibrato
superlativemost vibrato

Origin of vibrato

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

Words formed from vibrato

Words that rhyme with vibrato

Questions about vibrato

What does vibrato mean?
Vibrato 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.
What is vibrato in Urdu?
Vibrato in Urdu is تھرکتی آواز. See Vibrato meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is vibrato?
Vibrato can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce vibrato?
Vibrato is pronounced /vɪˈbɹɑːtoʊ/.
What is the plural of vibrato?
The plural of vibrato is vibratos.

Words near vibrato in the dictionary

  1. vibratiunculas
  2. vibratiuncule
  3. vibratiuncules
  4. vibratiunculæ
  5. vibrative
  6. vibrato
  7. vibratoless
  8. vibratome
  9. vibratomes
  10. vibratoming
  11. vibratone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vibrato (page history and authors); vibrato (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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