# arpeggio
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian arpeggio, from arpeggiare (“to play a harp”).

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ɑɹˈpɛ.d͡ʒi.oʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

arpeggio (plural arpeggios or arpeggi)
* (music) The notes of a chord played individually instead of simultaneously, usually moving from lowest to highest.
** 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 14, in Crime out of Mind‎:He struck the opening chords of the passage; but this time Irene's voice was silent. Victor stopped in the middle of an arpeggio.

#### See also

* broken chord

### Verb

arpeggio (third-person singular simple present arpeggios, present participle arpeggioing, simple past and past participle arpeggioed)
* (transitive) To play (a chord) as an arpeggio; to play (a piece of music) with arpeggios.
    Synonym: arpeggiate
** 1819, Abraham Rees (ed.), The Cyclopædia, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Volume 14, entry “Fingering on Keyed Instruments,”
    In practising quick passages, the fingers should be lifted up with a spring, and not allowed to hang on the keys, till wanted again, unless in arpeggioing chords, or in passages of expression.
** 1872, Samuel Butler, chapter 4, in Erewhon […] ‎, London: Trübner & Co., →OCLC, page 29:[…] I could see a man with his head buried forward towards a key-board, and his body swaying from side to side amid the storm of huge arpeggioed harmonies that came crashing overhead and round.
** 1902, Booth Tarkington, chapter 1, in The Two Vanrevels‎, New York: McClure, Phillips, page 11:[…] having finished her piano-forte practice, touched her harp twice, and arpeggioed the Spanish Fandango on her guitar, Miss Betty read two paragraphs of “Gilbert” […]
** 1990, Marcel Montecino, Big Time‎, New York: William Morrow, Book 3, p. 197:When his fingers touched the piano, he formed a D7 chord, arpeggioed it up the inversions, then started singing and playing the “Happy Birthday” song.
* (intransitive) To produce arpeggios; to produce sounds resembling arpeggios.
** 1898, Edward Noyes Westcott, chapter 37, in David Harum‎, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 314:Herr Schlitz seated himself on the piano chair, pushed it a little back, drew it a little forward to the original place, looked under the piano at the pedals, took out his handkerchief and wiped his face and hands, and after arpeggioing up and down the keyboard, swung into a waltz of Chopin’s […]
** 1909, O. Henry, “Whistling Dick’s Christmas Stocking”, in Roads of Destiny‎, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, page 357:The soaring sound [of the whistling] rippled and trilled and arpeggioed as the songs of wild birds do not;
** 2012, Roshi Fernando, “At the Barn Dance”, in Homesick‎, New York: Vintage, page 166:The accordion player arpeggioed through a chord […]
* (transitive, intransitive, figurative) To move (the hand or fingers) against a surface as if playing arpeggios on a keyboard; to touch different points in succession along a surface.
** 1931, Kate O’Brien, Without My Cloak‎, London: Penguin, published 1987, Book 2, Chapter 8, p. 187:Her hand was still arpeggioing softly on his arm.
** 1966, Richard Lancaster, Piegan: A Look from Within at the Life, Times, and Legacy of an American Indian Tribe‎, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, page 168:the prickle of horripilation which arpeggioed my spine as I came barrelling down the hill from that ghost house
** 2009, Kevin Crossley-Holland, The Hidden Roads‎, London: Quercus, page 136:While we thanked him for having us and told him the car was packed, and so on, he arpeggioed his stumpy fingers across his scarlet blanket.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* geropiga

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian arpeggio

### Pronunciation

IPA: [ɑˈpɛdɕo]

### Noun

arpeggio c (singular definite arpeggioen, plural indefinite arpeggioer)
* (music) arpeggio

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Etymology

Italian arpeggio

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑrpeɡːio/, [ˈɑ̝rpe̞ɡ̚ˌɡio̞]
* IPA: /ˈɑrped(ː)ʒio/, [ˈɑ̝rpe̞dˌ(d)ʒio̞]
* Rhymes: -io
* Hyphenation: ar‧peg‧gio

### Noun

arpeggio
* (music) arpeggio

#### Declension

Possessive forms of arpeggio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
arpeggioni
arpeggioni
accusative
nom.
arpeggioni
arpeggioni
gen.
arpeggioni
genitive
arpeggioni
arpeggioideni arpeggioitteni
partitive
arpeggiotani
arpeggioitani
inessive
arpeggiossani
arpeggioissani
elative
arpeggiostani
arpeggioistani
illative
arpeggiooni
arpeggioihini
adessive
arpeggiollani
arpeggioillani
ablative
arpeggioltani
arpeggioiltani
allative
arpeggiolleni
arpeggioilleni
essive
arpeggionani
arpeggioinani
translative
arpeggiokseni
arpeggioikseni
abessive
arpeggiottani
arpeggioittani
instructive
comitative
—arpeggioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
arpeggiosi
arpeggiosi
accusative
nom.
arpeggiosi
arpeggiosi
gen.
arpeggiosi
genitive
arpeggiosi
arpeggioidesi arpeggioittesi
partitive
arpeggiotasi
arpeggioitasi
inessive
arpeggiossasi
arpeggioissasi
elative
arpeggiostasi
arpeggioistasi
illative
arpeggioosi
arpeggioihisi
adessive
arpeggiollasi
arpeggioillasi
ablative
arpeggioltasi
arpeggioiltasi
allative
arpeggiollesi
arpeggioillesi
essive
arpeggionasi
arpeggioinasi
translative
arpeggioksesi
arpeggioiksesi
abessive
arpeggiottasi
arpeggioittasi
instructive
comitative
—arpeggioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
arpeggiomme
arpeggiomme
accusative
nom.
arpeggiomme
arpeggiomme
gen.
arpeggiomme
genitive
arpeggiomme
arpeggioidemme arpeggioittemme
partitive
arpeggiotamme
arpeggioitamme
inessive
arpeggiossamme
arpeggioissamme
elative
arpeggiostamme
arpeggioistamme
illative
arpeggioomme
arpeggioihimme
adessive
arpeggiollamme
arpeggioillamme
ablative
arpeggioltamme
arpeggioiltamme
allative
arpeggiollemme
arpeggioillemme
essive
arpeggionamme
arpeggioinamme
translative
arpeggioksemme
arpeggioiksemme
abessive
arpeggiottamme
arpeggioittamme
instructive
comitative
—arpeggioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
arpeggionne
arpeggionne
accusative
nom.
arpeggionne
arpeggionne
gen.
arpeggionne
genitive
arpeggionne
arpeggioidenne arpeggioittenne
partitive
arpeggiotanne
arpeggioitanne
inessive
arpeggiossanne
arpeggioissanne
elative
arpeggiostanne
arpeggioistanne
illative
arpeggioonne
arpeggioihinne
adessive
arpeggiollanne
arpeggioillanne
ablative
arpeggioltanne
arpeggioiltanne
allative
arpeggiollenne
arpeggioillenne
essive
arpeggionanne
arpeggioinanne
translative
arpeggioksenne
arpeggioiksenne
abessive
arpeggiottanne
arpeggioittanne
instructive
comitative
—arpeggioinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
arpeggionsa
arpeggionsa
accusative
nom.
arpeggionsa
arpeggionsa
gen.
arpeggionsa
genitive
arpeggionsa
arpeggioidensa arpeggioittensa
partitive
arpeggiotaan arpeggiotansa
arpeggioitaan arpeggioitansa
inessive
arpeggiossaan arpeggiossansa
arpeggioissaan arpeggioissansa
elative
arpeggiostaan arpeggiostansa
arpeggioistaan arpeggioistansa
illative
arpeggioonsa
arpeggioihinsa
adessive
arpeggiollaan arpeggiollansa
arpeggioillaan arpeggioillansa
ablative
arpeggioltaan arpeggioltansa
arpeggioiltaan arpeggioiltansa
allative
arpeggiolleen arpeggiollensa
arpeggioilleen arpeggioillensa
essive
arpeggionaan arpeggionansa
arpeggioinaan arpeggioinansa
translative
arpeggiokseen arpeggioksensa
arpeggioikseen arpeggioiksensa
abessive
arpeggiottaan arpeggiottansa
arpeggioittaan arpeggioittansa
instructive
comitative
—arpeggioineen arpeggioinensa :

## Italian
### Etymology 1

Deverbal from arpeggiare +‎ -o, from arpa.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /arˈped.d͡ʒo/
* Rhymes: -eddʒo
* Hyphenation: ar‧pég‧gio

#### Noun

arpeggio m (plural arpeggi)
* arpeggio

##### Descendants

* → English: arpeggio
* → French: arpège
** → Persian: آرپژ (ârpež)
** → Turkish: arpej
* → Portuguese: arpejo
* → Russian: арпе́джио (arpédžio)
** → Kazakh: арпеджио (arpedjio)
* → Spanish: arpegio

### Etymology 2

From arpeggiare +‎ -io (frequentative).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ar.pedˈd͡ʒi.o/
* Rhymes: -io
* Hyphenation: ar‧peg‧gì‧o

#### Noun

arpeggio m (plural arpeggii) (uncommon)
* continuous arpeggiation

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /arˈped.d͡ʒo/
* Rhymes: -eddʒo
* Hyphenation: ar‧pég‧gio

#### Verb

arpeggio
* first-person singular present indicative of arpeggiare

### Anagrams

* pareggio, pareggiò, peggiora, piaggerò, poggerai, poggiare

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* arpedżio

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian arpeggio.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /arˈpɛ.d͡ʐjɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛd͡ʐjɔ
* Syllabification: ar‧pegg‧io

### Noun

arpeggio n (related adjective arpedżiowy)
* (music) arpeggio (notes of a chord played individually instead of simultaneously, usually moving from lowest to highest)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* arpeggio in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* arpeggio in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Noun

arpeggio m (plural arpeggios)
* (uncommon) Alternative form of arpejo