ragtime

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Likely from ragged +‎ time, in reference to its heavy use of syncopation,[1] or from rag, an American dialectal term for a dance ball.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹæɡˌtaɪm/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

ragtime (countable and uncountable, plural ragtimes)

  1. (music, uncountable) A musical form having a rhythm characterized by strong syncopation in the melody with a regularly accented accompaniment.
  2. (music, countable) A piece of music in this style.

Derived terms

Verb

ragtime (third-person singular simple present ragtimes, present participle ragtiming, simple past and past participle ragtimed)

  1. (ambitransitive, uncommon) To perform this style of music.

Translations

References

  1. ^ Barry Kernfield (1988), The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, page unknown
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “ragtime”, in Online Etymology Dictionary:17 November 2017

Anagrams

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English ragtime.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrak.tajm/
  • Rhymes: -aktajm
  • Syllabification: rag‧time

Noun

ragtime m inan (related adjective ragtime'owy or ragtimowy)

  1. (music, uncountable) ragtime (musical form having a rhythm characterized by strong syncopation in the melody with a regularly accented accompaniment)
  2. (music, countable) ragtime (piece of music in this style)

Declension

Further reading

  • ragtime in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ragtime in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English ragtime.

Noun

ragtime n (plural ragtime-uri)

  1. ragtime

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative ragtime ragtimeul ragtime-uri ragtime-urile
genitive-dative ragtime ragtimeului ragtime-uri ragtime-urilor
vocative ragtimeule ragtime-urilor