"mordent" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mɔː(ɹ)dənt/ Forms: mordents [plural]
Etymology: From Italian mordente. Doublet of mordant. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|mordente}} Italian mordente, {{doublet|en|mordant}} Doublet of mordant Head templates: {{en-noun}} mordent (plural mordents)
  1. (music) An ornament consisting of a single alternation between a given pitch and the one immediately below it. Wikipedia link: mordent Categories (topical): Music Derived forms: inverted mordent, lower mordent, upper mordent Related terms: mordant, pralltriller Translations (ornament): mordent (Afrikaans), alahele (Finnish), mordentti (Finnish), mordant [masculine] (French), Mordent [masculine] (German), モルデント (morudento) (Japanese), 漣音 (ren'on) (alt: れんおん) (Japanese), mordent [masculine] (Polish), морде́нт (mordɛ́nt) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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