tremolo

See also: trémolo and tremolò

English

tremolo notation

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tremolo, first-person present indicative of tremolare (“to shake, to tremble”). Origin: 1715-25.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛmələʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtrɛməloʊ/

Noun

tremolo (countable and uncountable, plural tremolos)

1. (music) A rapid repetition of the same note, or an alternation between two or more notes. It can also be intended to mean a rapid and repetitive variation in pitch for the duration of a note. It is notated by a strong diagonal bar across the note stem, or a detached bar for a set of notes (or stemless notes).
   • 1880, Felix Leopold Oswald, Summerland Sketches, page 57:

     It commenced with a slow crescendo, so irresistibly lugubrious that two of our dogs at once raised their heads and swelled their voices into a responsive tremolo, which may have been heard and appreciated by their distant relatives.

2. (music) A variation in the volume of a note or a chord, evoking a tremor or quiver.
3. (music) The device in an organ that produces a tremolo effect.

Derived terms

• tremolist
• tremolo picking

Translations

rapid repetition of the same note

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 搖指 / 摇指 (yáozhǐ)

• Esperanto: tremsono
• Finnish: tremolo (fi)
• Ido: tremolo (io)
• Irish: creathán m
• Japanese: トレモロ (toremoro), 震音 (しんおん, shin'on)
• Polish: tremolo (pl) n, tremolando (pl) n
• Portuguese: tremolo (pt) m
• Russian: тре́моло (ru) n (trɛ́molo)
• Tagalog: pakatal
• Vietnamese: trê-mô-lô, rê-mô-lô, sự vê (vi)
• Welsh: crychiad m

See also

• tremolo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• roomlet

Catalan

Verb

tremolo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tremolar

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tremolo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtreː.moː.loː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: tre‧mo‧lo

Noun

tremolo m (plural tremolo's, diminutive tremolootje n)

1. (music) tremolo

Esperanto

FWOTD – 23 May 2019

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tremula and French tremble.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [treˈmolo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: tre‧mo‧lo

Noun

tremolo (accusative singular tremolon, plural tremoloj, accusative plural tremolojn)

1. aspen (Populus tremula)
   • 1938, La praktiko, page 3:

     Elkreskis salikoj, tremoloj, poploj kaj floroj......

     Willows, aspens, poplars, and flowers grew out......

Finnish

Etymology

From Italian tremolo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtremolo/, [ˈt̪re̞mo̞lo̞]
• Rhymes: -emolo
• Hyphenation^(key): tre‧mo‧lo

Noun

tremolo

1. (music) tremolo

Declension

Inflection of tremolo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		tremolo	tremolot
genitive		tremolon	tremolojen
partitive		tremoloa	tremoloja
illative		tremoloon	tremoloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tremolo	tremolot
accusative	nom.	tremolo	tremolot
	gen.	tremolon
genitive		tremolon	tremolojen
partitive		tremoloa	tremoloja
inessive		tremolossa	tremoloissa
elative		tremolosta	tremoloista
illative		tremoloon	tremoloihin
adessive		tremololla	tremoloilla
ablative		tremololta	tremoloilta
allative		tremololle	tremoloille
essive		tremolona	tremoloina
translative		tremoloksi	tremoloiksi
abessive		tremolotta	tremoloitta
instructive		—	tremoloin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tremolo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tremoloni tremoloni accusative nom. tremoloni tremoloni gen. tremoloni genitive tremoloni tremolojeni partitive tremoloani tremolojani inessive tremolossani tremoloissani elative tremolostani tremoloistani illative tremolooni tremoloihini adessive tremolollani tremoloillani ablative tremololtani tremoloiltani allative tremololleni tremoloilleni essive tremolonani tremoloinani translative tremolokseni tremoloikseni abessive tremolottani tremoloittani instructive — — comitative — tremoloineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tremolosi tremolosi accusative nom. tremolosi tremolosi gen. tremolosi genitive tremolosi tremolojesi partitive tremoloasi tremolojasi inessive tremolossasi tremoloissasi elative tremolostasi tremoloistasi illative tremoloosi tremoloihisi adessive tremolollasi tremoloillasi ablative tremololtasi tremoloiltasi allative tremolollesi tremoloillesi essive tremolonasi tremoloinasi translative tremoloksesi tremoloiksesi abessive tremolottasi tremoloittasi instructive — — comitative — tremoloinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tremolomme tremolomme accusative nom. tremolomme tremolomme gen. tremolomme genitive tremolomme tremolojemme partitive tremoloamme tremolojamme inessive tremolossamme tremoloissamme elative tremolostamme tremoloistamme illative tremoloomme tremoloihimme adessive tremolollamme tremoloillamme ablative tremololtamme tremoloiltamme allative tremolollemme tremoloillemme essive tremolonamme tremoloinamme translative tremoloksemme tremoloiksemme abessive tremolottamme tremoloittamme instructive — — comitative — tremoloinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tremolonne tremolonne accusative nom. tremolonne tremolonne gen. tremolonne genitive tremolonne tremolojenne partitive tremoloanne tremolojanne inessive tremolossanne tremoloissanne elative tremolostanne tremoloistanne illative tremoloonne tremoloihinne adessive tremolollanne tremoloillanne ablative tremololtanne tremoloiltanne allative tremolollenne tremoloillenne essive tremolonanne tremoloinanne translative tremoloksenne tremoloiksenne abessive tremolottanne tremoloittanne instructive — — comitative — tremoloinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative tremolonsa tremolonsa accusative nom. tremolonsa tremolonsa gen. tremolonsa genitive tremolonsa tremolojensa partitive tremoloaan tremoloansa tremolojaan tremolojansa inessive tremolossaan tremolossansa tremoloissaan tremoloissansa elative tremolostaan tremolostansa tremoloistaan tremoloistansa illative tremoloonsa tremoloihinsa adessive tremolollaan tremolollansa tremoloillaan tremoloillansa ablative tremololtaan tremololtansa tremoloiltaan tremoloiltansa allative tremololleen tremolollensa tremoloilleen tremoloillensa essive tremolonaan tremolonansa tremoloinaan tremoloinansa translative tremolokseen tremoloksensa tremoloikseen tremoloiksensa abessive tremolottaan tremolottansa tremoloittaan tremoloittansa instructive — — comitative — tremoloineen tremoloinensa

Further reading

• “tremolo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Ido

Noun

tremolo (plural tremoli)

1. (music) tremolo

Italian

Verb

tremolo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tremolare

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tremolo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɛˈmɔ.lɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔlɔ
• Syllabification: tre‧mo‧lo

Noun

tremolo n (indeclinable)

1. (music) tremolo (rapid repetition of the same note, or an alternation between two or more notes)

   Synonym: tremolando

Declension

Declension of tremolo

	singular	plural
nominative	tremolo	tremola
genitive	tremola	tremol
dative	tremolu	tremolom
accusative	tremolo	tremola
instrumental	tremolem	tremolami
locative	tremolu	tremolach
vocative	tremolo	tremola

or

Indeclinable

Derived terms

verbs

• tremolować impf

 

Further reading

• tremolo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• tremolo in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɛ̃.mo.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɛ̃.mo.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɛ.mo.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtɾɛ.mu.lu/

• Hyphenation: tre‧mo‧lo

Noun

tremolo m (plural tremolos)

1. (music) tremolo (rapid repetition of the same note)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tremolo or French tremolo.

Noun

tremolo n (plural tremolouri)

1. tremolo

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	tremolo	tremoloul		tremolouri	tremolourile
genitive-dative	tremolo	tremoloului		tremolouri	tremolourilor
vocative	tremoloule			tremolourilor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾeˈmolo/ [t̪ɾeˈmo.lo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: tre‧mo‧lo

Verb

tremolo

1. first-person singular present indicative of tremolar