MORDENT


Meaning of MORDENT in English

/ ˈmɔːdənt; NAmE ˈmɔːrd-/ noun

( music ) a musical decoration in which either the note above or below is played as well as the written note

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WORD ORIGIN

early 19th cent.: via German from Italian mordente , present participle of mordere to bite.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.