"portamento" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /pɔːtəˈmɛntəʊ/ [UK] Forms: portamentos [plural], portamenti [plural]
Etymology: From Italian portamento, from portare (“bear, carry”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|portamento}} Italian portamento Head templates: {{en-noun|s|portamenti}} portamento (plural portamentos or portamenti)
  1. (music) A smooth, gliding transition from one note to another; used especially with stringed instruments, and sometimes on brass. Wikipedia link: portamento Categories (topical): Music Translations (sliding tone used in music): 滑音 (huáyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), portamento (Finnish), portaattomasti liukuva sävel (Finnish), port de voix [masculine] (French), πορταμέντο (portaménto) [neuter] (Greek), portamento [neuter] (Polish)

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /por.taˈmen.to/ Forms: portamenti [plural]
Rhymes: -ento Etymology: From portare, portarsi + -mento. Etymology templates: {{af|it|portare|-mento|alt1=portare, portarsi}} portare, portarsi + -mento Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} portamento m (plural portamenti)
  1. bearing, carriage, deportment Tags: masculine

Inflected forms

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