diminuendo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian diminuendo.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˌmɪnjuːˈɛndəʊ/

Noun

diminuendo (plural diminuendos)

1. (music) A dynamic mark directing that a passage is to be played gradually more softly
2. (music) A passage having this mark
3. (figurative) The gradual dying away of something.
   • 1988, Robert James Nelson, Willa Cather and France: In Search of the Lost Language, →ISBN, page 79:

     Thus, in "Flavia and Her Artists" (1905), for example, a fiction of consonance in diminuendo, the French subtext states a set of harmonies (the young American returned from France) and cacophonies (the supercilious French art critic, Roux) shedding light on the main text with its own consonances of intergenerationsl friendship, marital loyalty, artistic pleasure, and joyful lesbianism.

   • 1998, Edward Abbey, The Fool's Progress: An Honest Novel, →ISBN:

     Harlow gazed, like Henry, out the wide corner window, enjoying the diminuendos of the light.

   • 2018, Lionel Shriver, The Standing Chandelier:

     Jillian haad the kind of charm that wore off. Or after enough romantic diminuendos, that's what she theorized.

Translations

music: dynamic mark

Chinese: Mandarin: 漸弱 / 渐弱 (zh) (jianruo) Dutch: diminuendo (nl) Finnish: diminuendo (fi) German: Diminuendo Japanese: ディミヌエンド (diminuendo) Korean: 점점 약해지는 음 (jeomjeom yakhaejineun eum)

music: passage

Finnish: diminuendo (fi)

gradual dying away of something

Finnish: hiipuminen (fi)

Adverb

diminuendo (comparative more diminuendo, superlative most diminuendo)

1. (music) played in this style

Adjective

diminuendo (comparative more diminuendo, superlative most diminuendo)

1. (music) describing a passage having this mark

Synonyms

• decrescendo

Antonyms

• crescendo

Finnish

Etymology

< Italian diminuendo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiminuendo/, [ˈdiminuˌe̞ndo̞]
• Rhymes: -endo
• Syllabification^(key): di‧mi‧nu‧en‧do
• Hyphenation^(key): di‧mi‧nu‧en‧do

Noun

diminuendo

1. (music) diminuendo (dynamic mark or passage)

Declension

Inflection of diminuendo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		diminuendo	diminuendot
genitive		diminuendon	diminuendojen
partitive		diminuendoa	diminuendoja
illative		diminuendoon	diminuendoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		diminuendo	diminuendot
accusative	nom.	diminuendo	diminuendot
	gen.	diminuendon
genitive		diminuendon	diminuendojen
partitive		diminuendoa	diminuendoja
inessive		diminuendossa	diminuendoissa
elative		diminuendosta	diminuendoista
illative		diminuendoon	diminuendoihin
adessive		diminuendolla	diminuendoilla
ablative		diminuendolta	diminuendoilta
allative		diminuendolle	diminuendoille
essive		diminuendona	diminuendoina
translative		diminuendoksi	diminuendoiksi
abessive		diminuendotta	diminuendoitta
instructive		—	diminuendoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of diminuendo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative diminuendoni diminuendoni accusative nom. diminuendoni diminuendoni gen. diminuendoni genitive diminuendoni diminuendojeni partitive diminuendoani diminuendojani inessive diminuendossani diminuendoissani elative diminuendostani diminuendoistani illative diminuendooni diminuendoihini adessive diminuendollani diminuendoillani ablative diminuendoltani diminuendoiltani allative diminuendolleni diminuendoilleni essive diminuendonani diminuendoinani translative diminuendokseni diminuendoikseni abessive diminuendottani diminuendoittani instructive — — comitative — diminuendoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative diminuendosi diminuendosi accusative nom. diminuendosi diminuendosi gen. diminuendosi genitive diminuendosi diminuendojesi partitive diminuendoasi diminuendojasi inessive diminuendossasi diminuendoissasi elative diminuendostasi diminuendoistasi illative diminuendoosi diminuendoihisi adessive diminuendollasi diminuendoillasi ablative diminuendoltasi diminuendoiltasi allative diminuendollesi diminuendoillesi essive diminuendonasi diminuendoinasi translative diminuendoksesi diminuendoiksesi abessive diminuendottasi diminuendoittasi instructive — — comitative — diminuendoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative diminuendomme diminuendomme accusative nom. diminuendomme diminuendomme gen. diminuendomme genitive diminuendomme diminuendojemme partitive diminuendoamme diminuendojamme inessive diminuendossamme diminuendoissamme elative diminuendostamme diminuendoistamme illative diminuendoomme diminuendoihimme adessive diminuendollamme diminuendoillamme ablative diminuendoltamme diminuendoiltamme allative diminuendollemme diminuendoillemme essive diminuendonamme diminuendoinamme translative diminuendoksemme diminuendoiksemme abessive diminuendottamme diminuendoittamme instructive — — comitative — diminuendoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative diminuendonne diminuendonne accusative nom. diminuendonne diminuendonne gen. diminuendonne genitive diminuendonne diminuendojenne partitive diminuendoanne diminuendojanne inessive diminuendossanne diminuendoissanne elative diminuendostanne diminuendoistanne illative diminuendoonne diminuendoihinne adessive diminuendollanne diminuendoillanne ablative diminuendoltanne diminuendoiltanne allative diminuendollenne diminuendoillenne essive diminuendonanne diminuendoinanne translative diminuendoksenne diminuendoiksenne abessive diminuendottanne diminuendoittanne instructive — — comitative — diminuendoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative diminuendonsa diminuendonsa accusative nom. diminuendonsa diminuendonsa gen. diminuendonsa genitive diminuendonsa diminuendojensa partitive diminuendoaan diminuendoansa diminuendojaan diminuendojansa inessive diminuendossaan diminuendossansa diminuendoissaan diminuendoissansa elative diminuendostaan diminuendostansa diminuendoistaan diminuendoistansa illative diminuendoonsa diminuendoihinsa adessive diminuendollaan diminuendollansa diminuendoillaan diminuendoillansa ablative diminuendoltaan diminuendoltansa diminuendoiltaan diminuendoiltansa allative diminuendolleen diminuendollensa diminuendoilleen diminuendoillensa essive diminuendonaan diminuendonansa diminuendoinaan diminuendoinansa translative diminuendokseen diminuendoksensa diminuendoikseen diminuendoiksensa abessive diminuendottaan diminuendottansa diminuendoittaan diminuendoittansa instructive — — comitative — diminuendoineen diminuendoinensa

Adverb

diminuendo

1. diminuendo

   Synonyms: heiketen, hiljeten

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian diminuendo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.mi.nɥɛn.do/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

diminuendo m (plural diminuendos)

1. (music) diminuendo (a dynamic mark directing that a passage is to be played gradually more softly)

Further reading

• “diminuendo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīminuendus, gerundive of dīminuō (“to shatter; to diminish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.mi.nuˈɛn.do/
• Rhymes: -ɛndo
• Hyphenation: di‧mi‧nu‧èn‧do

Verb

diminuendo

1. gerund of diminuire

Noun

diminuendo m (invariable)

1. (arithmetics) synonym of minuendo (“minuend”)
2. (music) diminuendo

   Synonyms: calando, decrescendo, digradando, (rare) mancando, smorzando

Further reading

• diminuendo¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• diminuendo² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• inumidendo

Latin

Participle

dīminuendō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of dīminuendus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.mi.nuˈẽ.du/ [d͡ʒi.mi.nʊˈẽ.du], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.miˈnwẽ.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.mi.nuˈẽ.du/ [d͡ʒi.mi.nʊˈẽ.du], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.miˈnwẽ.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.mi.nuˈẽ.do/ [d͡ʒi.mi.nʊˈẽ.do], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.miˈnwẽ.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.miˈnwẽ.du/

• Hyphenation: di‧mi‧nu‧en‧do

Noun

diminuendo m (plural diminuendos)

1. minuend

   Synonym: (Brazil) minuendo

See also

• subtração
• subtraendo

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian diminuendo.

Adverb

diminuendo

1. diminuendo