appoggiatura

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appoggiatura

/əˌpɒ.d͡ʒəˈtʊɹ.ə/

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Borrowed from Italian appoggiatura, derived from appoggiare (“to lean”).

noun appoggiaturas · appoggiature

A type of musical ornament, falling on the beat, which often creates a suspension and subtracts for itself half the time value of the principal note which follows. The following Adagietto was like a long, melting appoggiatura composed of smaller dying falls and languid resolutions.

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noun a type of musical ornament which creates a suspension

Português	apogiatura, appoggiatura
Français	appoggiature
Ελληνικά	αποτζιατούρα apotziatoúra, επέρειση epéreisi

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@misc{appoggiatura_2026,
  title = {appoggiatura},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/appoggiatura},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}