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1 ♦ broken
♦ broken /ˈbrəʊkən/A p. p.di to breakB a.1 rotto; spezzato; infranto; in pezzi: a broken chair, una sedia rotta; a broken leg, una gamba rotta; broken bones, ossa spezzate; DIALOGO → - Accident and Emergency- Is his ankle broken?, la caviglia è rotta?; si è rotto la caviglia?; broken glass, vetri infranti; frammenti di vetro2 non funzionante; rotto; guasto: a broken clock, un orologio rotto; a broken radio, una radio guasta3 infranto; violato; non mantenuto: broken pact, patto infranto; broken promise, promessa non mantenuta4 ( di relazione) rotto; finito; fallito: a broken engagement, un fidanzamento rotto; a broken marriage, un matrimonio finito5 interrotto; discontinuo; a tratti: broken line, linea tratteggiata; (autom.) riga discontinua; broken clouds, nuvolosità (sing.) irregolare; a broken journey, un viaggio interrotto più volte; broken sleep, sonno disturbato (o agitato)7 abbattuto; distrutto; spezzato: a broken man, un uomo distrutto; broken spirit, spirito spezzato; a broken heart, un cuore spezzato (o infranto); broken-hearted, dal cuore spezzato● broken-backed, con la schiena rotta □ (mus.) broken chord, accordo arpeggiato □ broken-down, (di edificio, ecc.) malridotto, malandato, fatiscente; (di macchina, ecc.) guasto, inservibile; ( di cavallo) sfiancato □ (fam.) broken English, inglese stentato, maccheronico □ broken health, salute malferma □ broken home, famiglia con genitori separati o divorziati: He comes from a broken home, è figlio di genitori divorziati □ (mat.) broken numbers, numeri fratti; frazioni □ broken reed, persona debole e inaffidabile □ (ind. costr.) broken stone, pietrisco □ (naut.) broken water, mare increspato; maretta □ (vet.) broken wind, bolsaggine □ ( di cavallo) broken-winded, bolsobrokenlyavv.1 a scatti; in modo irregolare; spasmodicamente; con interruzionibrokenessn. [u]1 irregolarità; configurazione accidentata2 spasmodicità; discontinuità.
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broken chord — noun A chord whose notes are played in sequential descending or ascending order … Wiktionary
broken chord — noun Music a chord in which the notes are played successively … English new terms dictionary
broken chord — /broʊkən ˈkɔd/ (say brohkuhn kawd) noun Music a chord whose tones are played consecutively rather than simultaneously either upward or downward …
broken chord — Music. arpeggio. * * * … Universalium
broken chord — Music. arpeggio … Useful english dictionary
broken — past part. of BREAK(1). adj. 1 that has been broken; out of order. 2 (of a person) reduced to despair; beaten. 3 (of a language or of speech) spoken falteringly and with many mistakes, as by a foreigner (broken English). 4 disturbed, interrupted… … Useful english dictionary
chord — Synonyms and related words: accompany, accord, air line, arpeggio, assonate, atone, attune, axis, be harmonious, be in tune, beeline, blend, broken chord, caring, catgut, chime, common chord, concento, concern, concertize, concord, consonant… … Moby Thesaurus
chord — chord1 chorded, adj. /kawrd/, n. 1. a feeling or emotion: His story struck a chord of pity in the listeners. 2. Geom. the line segment between two points on a given curve. 3. Engin., Building Trades. a principal member of a truss extending from… … Universalium
Chord (music) — Instruments and voices playing and singing different notes create chords. This article describes pitch simultaneity and harmony in music. For other meanings of the word, see Chord. A chord in music is any harmonic set of two–three or more notes… … Wikipedia
chord — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cord; harmony; triad, arpeggio. See music, filament. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. harmonizing tones, triad, octave; second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, ninth; major, minor, diminished, augmented … English dictionary for students
Block chord — A block chord is a chord or voicing built directly below the melody either on the strong beats or to create a four part harmonized melody line in locked hands Sudhalter, Richard M. (2001) p.404.] rhythmic unison with the melody, as opposed to… … Wikipedia