English

Noun

traverso ‎(plural traversos)

1. (music) A transverse flute of the Baroque period, made in three or four sections with a conical bore from the head joint down.
   • 2007 October 29, James R. Oestreich, “Early-Music Maestros Juilliard Plans”, in New York Times:

     The historical range will be confined basically to the 17th and 18th centuries, Mr. Polisi added, because the Baroque and Classical repertory allows students to transfer their skills between instruments, with, say, conventional string players adapting to gut strings and Baroque bows, and modern flutists to wooden traversos.

Translations

Ido

Etymology

Borrowing from French traverse, German Traverse, Italian traversa.

Noun

traverso (plural traversi)

1. (architecture) crossbar, beam
2. (railway) sleeper

Derived terms

• traverseto ‎(“bracket”)

Italian

Adjective

traverso m ‎(feminine singular traversa, masculine plural traversi, feminine plural traverse)

1. transversal, transverse
2. oblique

Synonyms

• trasversale
• obliquo

Derived terms

• flauto traverso

Noun

traverso m ‎(plural traversi)

1. width
2. (nautical) beam

Synonyms

• (width): larghezza

Related terms

Verb

traverso

1. first-person singular present of traversare

Anagrams

• sterravo

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian attraverso

Preposition

traverso

1. across