SORDINO Meaning of SORDINO in English [ sɔ:'di:nəʊ ]■ noun ( plural sordini -ni ) Music a mute for a musical instrument. ↘( sordini ) (on a piano) the dampers.OriginC16: from Ital., from sordo 'mute', from L. surdus . Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004