decrescendo

English

Decrescendo notation.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian decrescendo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diːˌkɹɛˈʃɛndəʊ/

Noun

decrescendo (plural decrescendos)

  1. (music) An instruction to play gradually more softly.

Verb

decrescendo (third-person singular simple present decrescendos, present participle decrescendoing, simple past and past participle decrescendoed)

  1. (music) To gradually become quieter

Adjective

decrescendo (comparative more decrescendo, superlative most decrescendo)

  1. becoming quieter gradually.

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Italian

Verb

decrescendo

  1. gerund of decrescere

Latin

Verb

dēcrēscendō

  1. dative gerund of dēcrēscō

Portuguese

Verb

decrescendo

  1. gerund of decrescer
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