glissando

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian glissando. === Noun === glissando (countable and uncountable, plural glissandi or glissandos or glissandoes) (music) Either a continuous sliding from one pitch to another ("true" glissando), or an incidental scale played while moving from one melodic note to another ("effective" glissando). A method of playing an electric guitar in which a metal bar is held at right angles across the strings and rapidly moved up and down, creating a smooth, lush sound. ==== Derived terms ==== glissando babbler ==== Translations ==== === Verb === glissando (third-person singular simple present glissandos, present participle glissandoing, simple past and past participle glissandoed) (music) To play with a glissando or sliding effect. === Further reading === glissando on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == French == === Noun === glissando m (plural glissandos) (music) glissando === Further reading === “glissando”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Hungarian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian glissando. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡlisːɒndoː] (phonetic respelling: glisszandó) Hyphenation: glis‧san‧do Rhymes: -doː === Noun === glissando (music) glissando (a continuous sliding from one pitch to another) ==== Declension ==== === References === == Italian == === Verb === glissando gerund of glissare === Adverb === glissando in the style of a glissando === Noun === glissando m (invariable) glissando == Portuguese == === Verb === glissando gerund of glissar