ragtime
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English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Likely from ragged + time, in reference to its heavy use of syncopation,[1] or from rag, an American dialect term for a dance ball.[2]
Noun
[edit]ragtime (countable and uncountable, plural ragtimes)
- (music, uncountable) A musical form having a rhythm characterized by strong syncopation in the melody with a regularly accented accompaniment.
- (music, countable) A piece of music in this style.
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
Translations
[edit]music genre
References
[edit]- ^ Barry Kernfield (1988) The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, page unknown
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “ragtime”, in Online Etymology Dictionary: “17 November 2017”
Anagrams
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English ragtime.
Noun
[edit]ragtime n (plural ragtime-uri)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + indefinite article | + definite article | + indefinite article | + definite article | ||
| nominative/accusative | (un) ragtime | ragtimeul | (niște) ragtime-uri | ragtime-urile | |
| genitive/dative | (unui) ragtime | ragtimeului | (unor) ragtime-uri | ragtime-urilor | |
| vocative | ragtimeule | ragtime-urilor | |||
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