"diminuendo" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /dɪˌmɪnjuːˈɛndəʊ/ [UK] Forms: more diminuendo [comparative], most diminuendo [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian diminuendo. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|diminuendo}} Italian diminuendo Head templates: {{en-adj}} diminuendo (comparative more diminuendo, superlative most diminuendo)
  1. (music) describing a passage having this mark Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-diminuendo-en-adj-GubydDRU Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Adverb

IPA: /dɪˌmɪnjuːˈɛndəʊ/ [UK] Forms: more diminuendo [comparative], most diminuendo [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian diminuendo. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|diminuendo}} Italian diminuendo Head templates: {{en-adv}} diminuendo (comparative more diminuendo, superlative most diminuendo)
  1. (music) played in this style Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-diminuendo-en-adv-oYpASvwU Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Noun

IPA: /dɪˌmɪnjuːˈɛndəʊ/ [UK] Forms: diminuendos [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian diminuendo. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|diminuendo}} Italian diminuendo Head templates: {{en-noun}} diminuendo (plural diminuendos)
  1. (music) A dynamic mark directing that a passage is to be played gradually more softly Categories (topical): Music Translations (music: dynamic mark): 漸弱 (Chinese Mandarin), 渐弱 (jianruo) (Chinese Mandarin), diminuendo (Dutch), diminuendo (Finnish), Diminuendo (German), ディミヌエンド (diminuendo) (Japanese), 점점 약해지는 음 (jeomjeom yakhaejineun eum) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-diminuendo-en-noun-~3HAOXdH Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'music: dynamic mark': 60 40 0
  2. (music) A passage having this mark Categories (topical): Music Translations (music: passage): diminuendo (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-diminuendo-en-noun-Fn2hWwkE Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'music: passage': 39 55 5
  3. (figurative) The gradual dying away of something. Tags: figuratively Translations (gradual dying away of something): hiipuminen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-diminuendo-en-noun-HXomxEZf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 18 20 6 37 Disambiguation of 'gradual dying away of something': 5 1 93

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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