ragtime

English

Alternative forms

• rag-time

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæɡˌtaɪm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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

• ragtimelike
• ragtimer
• ragtimey
• ragtiming
• ragtimy

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

music genre

Chinese: Mandarin: 拉格泰姆 (lāgétàimǔ), 散拍 (sǎnpāi) Esperanto: ragtimo Greek: ράγκταϊμ (el) n (rágktaïm) Japanese: ラグタイム (ragutaimu) Polish: ragtime (pl) m Romanian: ragtime (ro) n Russian: рэгта́йм (ru) m (rɛgtájm)

Anagrams

• Tregami, migrate

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

Declension of ragtime

	singular	plural
nominative	ragtime	ragtime'y
genitive	ragtime'u	ragtime'ów
dative	ragtime'owi	ragtime'om
accusative	ragtime	ragtime'y
instrumental	ragtime'em	ragtime'ami
locative	ragtimie	ragtime'ach
vocative	ragtimie	ragtime'y

Further reading

• “ragtime”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “ragtime”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

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