diminuendo
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diminuendo
- /dɪˌmɪnjuːˈɛndəʊ/ UK
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian diminuendo.
noun diminuendos
- A dynamic mark directing that a passage is to be played gradually more softly
- A passage having this mark
- The gradual dying away of something. Thus, in "Flavia and Her Artists" (1905), for example, a fiction of consonance in diminuendo, the French subtext states a set of harmonies (the young American returned from France) and cacophonies (the supercilious French art critic, Roux) shedding light on the main text with its own consonances of
adverb more diminuendo · most diminuendo
- played in this style
adjective more diminuendo · most diminuendo
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describing a passage having this mark
Similar: decrescendo
Opposite: crescendo
Thesaurus
adjective
Opposite: crescendo
Translations
Every language
noun music: dynamic mark
| 한국어 | 데크레셴도 dekeuresyendo, 디미누엔도 diminuendo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ディミヌエンド diminuendo |
| 中文 | 漸弱 /渐弱 jianruo |
| Deutsch | Diminuendo |
Talk about this word "diminuendo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/diminuendo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. diminuendo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/diminuendo "diminuendo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/diminuendo.Cite this
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