mordente

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mordente

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Borrowed from Italian mordente, from Latin mordēns, from mordēre.

noun mordentes

A mordent (embellishment resembling a trill).

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"mordente." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mordente. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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mordente. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mordente

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"mordente." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mordente.

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@misc{mordente_2026,
  title = {mordente},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mordente},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}