"ritardando" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Borrowed from Italian ritardando, gerund of ritardare (“to delay, to slow down”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|it|ritardando}} Italian ritardando, {{m|it|ritardare||to delay, to slow down}} ritardare (“to delay, to slow down”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} ritardando (not comparable)
  1. (music) Having a gradually decelerating tempo. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-ritardando-en-adj-ihDD0jjx Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rit [abbreviation]

Adverb

Etymology: Borrowed from Italian ritardando, gerund of ritardare (“to delay, to slow down”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|it|ritardando}} Italian ritardando, {{m|it|ritardare||to delay, to slow down}} ritardare (“to delay, to slow down”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} ritardando (not comparable)
  1. (music) Gradually decelerating the tempo of a piece of music, especially at the end of the piece. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-ritardando-en-adv-MIxpGhtf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 43 29 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 27 44 29 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rit [abbreviation]

Noun

Forms: ritardandos [plural], ritardandi [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian ritardando, gerund of ritardare (“to delay, to slow down”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|it|ritardando}} Italian ritardando, {{m|it|ritardare||to delay, to slow down}} ritardare (“to delay, to slow down”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|ritardandi}} ritardando (plural ritardandos or ritardandi)
  1. (music) An instance of gradually decelerating the tempo of a piece of music. Categories (topical): Music Synonyms: ritard
    Sense id: en-ritardando-en-noun-Siz2qRdr Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rit [abbreviation]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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