ragtime
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English[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]
Declension of ragtime
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
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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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Musical genres
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- Romanian terms borrowed from English
- Romanian unadapted borrowings from English
- Romanian terms derived from English
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns