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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A melodic embellishment consisting of the quick alternation of a principal tone with an auxiliary tone above it, usually the next in the scale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from German Pralltriller.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
