trê-mô-lô

Vietnamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕe˧˧ mo˧˧ lo˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʈej˧˧ mow˧˧ low˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʈej˧˧ mow˧˧ low˧˧]

Noun

trê-mô-lô

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

Synonyms

• (tremolo): rê-mô-lô, (sự) vê