Diminuendo Definition

dĭ-mĭnyo͝o-ĕndō
diminuendos
adjective
Decrescendo.
American Heritage

Decrescendo.

Webster's New World
(music) Describing a passage having this mark.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun
diminuendos

(music) A dynamic mark directing that a passage is to be played gradually more softly.

Wiktionary
(music) A passage having this mark.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
adverb
(music) Played in this style.
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Other Word Forms of Diminuendo

Noun

Singular:
diminuendo
Plural:
diminuendos

Origin of Diminuendo

  • Italian present participle of diminuire to diminish from Latin dīminuere diminish

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Italian

    From Wiktionary

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Words Starting With

DDIDIM

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ODONDO

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