Beethoven's tempo was strange because his metronome was broken.
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Metronome
//ˈmɛt.ɹəˌnoʊm//
Synonyms for "metronome" (31 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (15)
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8 entriesderived
4 entrieshas context
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3 entriesrelated to
9 entriesused for
10 entriesTranslations
59 translations across 52 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- metronoom noun (a device used in music)
Albanian
1 entries- metronom noun (a device used in music)
Arabic
2 entries- مِسْرَع noun (a device used in music)
- مِيتْرُونُوم noun (a device used in music)
Armenian
1 entries- մետրոնոմ noun (a device used in music)
Basque
1 entries- metronomo noun (a device used in music)
Belarusian
1 entries- метраном noun (a device used in music)
Bulgarian
1 entries- метроном noun (a device used in music)
Catalan
1 entries- metrònom noun (a device used in music)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 拍子機 /拍子机 noun (a device used in music)
- 拍節器 /拍节器 noun (a device used in music)
- 節拍器 /节拍器 noun (a device used in music)
Czech
1 entries- metronom noun (a device used in music)
Danish
1 entries- metronom noun (a device used in music)
Dutch
1 entries- metronoom noun (a device used in music)
Esperanto
1 entries- metronomo noun (a device used in music)
Estonian
1 entries- metronoom noun (a device used in music)
Finnish
2 entries- metronomi noun (a device used in music)
- tahtimittari noun (a device used in music)
French
1 entries- métronome noun (a device used in music)
Galician
1 entries- metrónomo noun (a device used in music)
Georgian
1 entries- მეტრონომი noun (a device used in music)
German
1 entries- Metronom noun (a device used in music)
Greek
1 entries- μετρονόμος noun (a device used in music)
Hebrew
1 entries- מטרונום noun (a device used in music)
Hindi
1 entries- तालमान noun (a device used in music)
Hungarian
2 entries- metronóm noun (a device used in music)
- ütemmérő noun (a device used in music)
Ido
1 entries- metronomo noun (a device used in music)
Indonesian
1 entries- metronom noun (a device used in music)
Irish
1 entries- méadranóm noun (a device used in music)
Italian
1 entries- metronomo noun (a device used in music)
Japanese
1 entries- メトロノーム noun (a device used in music)
Korean
1 entries- 메트로놈 noun (a device used in music)
Latvian
1 entries- metronoms noun (a device used in music)
Lithuanian
1 entries- metronomas noun (a device used in music)
Macedonian
1 entries- метроном noun (a device used in music)
Malay
1 entries- metronom noun (a device used in music)
Māori
1 entries- inetaki noun (a device used in music)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- metronom noun (a device used in music)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- metronom noun (a device used in music)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- metronom noun (a device used in music)
Persian
1 entries- مترونوم noun (a device used in music)
Polish
1 entries- metronom noun (a device used in music)
Portuguese
2 entries- metrónomo noun (a device used in music)
- metrônomo noun (a device used in music)
Romanian
1 entries- metronom noun (a device used in music)
Russian
1 entries- метроно́м noun (a device used in music)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- metronom noun (a device used in music)
- метроном noun (a device used in music)
Sicilian
1 entries- mitrònumu noun (a device used in music)
Slovak
1 entries- metronóm noun (a device used in music)
Slovene
1 entries- metronom noun (a device used in music)
Spanish
1 entries- metrónomo noun (a device used in music)
Swedish
1 entries- metronom noun (a device used in music)
Thai
1 entries- เมโทรนอม noun (a device used in music)
Turkish
1 entries- metronom noun (a device used in music)
Ukrainian
1 entries- метроно́м noun (a device used in music)
Vietnamese
1 entries- máy nhịp noun (a device used in music)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
A metronome can help you keep time.
Source: tatoeba (9199917)
The teens were given two tests. First, they were instructed to listen to and tap their fingers along to the beat of a metronome. The researchers calculated how accurately their young volunteers were able to tap along to the musical timekeeper.
Source: tatoeba (12209338)
The etudes with metronome markings should be played in tempo, all others should be considered rubato.
Source: wiktionary
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