Borrowed from Italian pizzicato, past participle of pizzicare (“to pluck”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɪtsɪˈkɑːtoʊ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: piz‧zi‧ca‧to

pizzicato (not comparable)

1. (music) To be played by plucking the strings instead of using the bow.

   Synonym: pizz.

• arco

pizzicato (plural pizzicatos or pizzicati)

1. (music) A note that is played pizzicato
   • 1981, “Vienna”, performed by Ultravox:

     The music is weaving / Haunting notes, pizzicato strings

   • 2007 May 7, Vivien Schweitzer, “Players With No Conductor and, Increasingly, With No Fear”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     “Trapeze” begins with pizzicatos that plunge into a circuslike cacophony with rapid trills, busy, clashing textures and motion in every direction.

• Audio:

  (file)

pizzicato

1. pizzicato

pizzicato m (plural pizzicatos)

1. pizzicato

• “pizzicato”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

pizzicato (feminine pizzicata, masculine plural pizzicati, feminine plural pizzicate)

1. past participle of pizzicare

pizzicato m (plural pizzicati)

1. (music) pizzicato

• capitozzi

Unadapted borrowing from Italian pizzicato.

pizzicato

1. pizzicato

pizzicato n (uncountable)

1. pizzicato