diminuendo

Meaning of diminuendo

noun
  1. a decrease in loudness in a piece of music.
    the sudden diminuendos are brilliantly effective
adverb
  1. (especially as a direction) with a decrease in loudness.
    the piece ends as it began, a poem of sorrow and regret that dissolves diminuendo
adjective
  1. decreasing in loudness.
    the diminuendo chorus before the final tumult
verb
  1. decrease in loudness or intensity.
    the singers left and the buzz diminuendoed

Italian, literally ‘diminishing’, from diminuire, from Latin deminuere ‘lessen’ (see diminish).

Information about diminuendo

Hyphenation of diminuendo

dimin-u-endo

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • diminuendo is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

diminuendo synonyms

Meaning decrescendo:

decrescendo

Translation of diminuendo

Words that rhyme with diminuendo

Endo, endo, Crescendo, accrescendo, crescendo, decrescendo, perdendo, procedendo, reddendo, piangendo, stringendo, kendo, Glendo, Mollendo, componendo, sostenendo, berendo, berrendo, comburendo, inquirendo, morendo, scorrendo, Rosendo, Nintendo, Tendo, tendo, arguendo, diluendo, innuendo, insinuendo, seguendo, zendo

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