MORDENT


Meaning of MORDENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmȯr-d ə nt, mȯr-ˈdent ]

noun

Etymology: Italian mordente, literally, biting, pungent, from Latin mordent-, mordens, present participle of mordēre

Date: 1806

: a musical ornament made by a quick alternation of a principal tone with the tone immediately below it

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