VIBRATO

vibrato

(noun) (music) a pulsating effect in an instrumental or vocal tone produced by slight and rapid variations in pitch

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

vibrato (plural vibratos)

(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.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

3 July 2025

SENSE

(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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