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diminuendo

Syllabification: (di·min·u·en·do)
Pronunciation: /diˌminyo͞oˈendō/

Music
Definition of diminuendo

noun (plural diminuendos or diminuendi /-dē/)

  • a decrease in loudness:the sudden diminuendos are brilliantly effective
  • a musical passage to be performed with a decrease in loudness.

adverb & adjective

  • (especially as a direction) with a decrease in loudness: [as adjective]:the diminuendo chorus before the final tumult

verb (diminuendos, diminuendoing, diminuendoed)

[no object]
  • decrease in loudness or intensity:the singers left and the buzz diminuendoed

Origin:

Italian, literally 'diminishing', from diminuire, from Latin deminuere 'lessen' (see diminish)

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