different between diminuendo vs diminution

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian diminuendo

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??m?nju???nd??/

Noun

diminuendo (plural diminuendos) (Symbol: >)

1. (music) A dynamic mark directing that a passage is to be played gradually more softly
2. (music) A passage having this mark
3. (metaphoric) The gradual dying away of something.

Translations

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

Antonyms

• crescendo

French

Etymology

Italian diminuendo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.mi.n??n.do/

Noun

diminuendo m (plural diminuendos)

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin d?minuendus, gerundive of d?minu? (“I shatter; I diminish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.mi.nu??n.do/
• Rhymes: -?ndo
• Hyphenation: di?mi?nuèn?do

Gerund

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

Anagrams

• inumidendo

References

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

Latin

Participle

d?minuend?

1. dative masculine singular of d?minuendus
2. dative neuter singular of d?minuendus
3. ablative masculine singular of d?minuendus
4. ablative neuter singular of d?minuendus

Portuguese

Noun

diminuendo m (plural diminuendos)

1. minuend.

   Synonym: (Brazil) minuendo

See also

English

Etymology

From Middle English diminucioun, from Anglo-Norman diminuciun, Old French diminucion, from Latin d?min?ti?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?m??nju??(?)n/

Noun

diminution (countable and uncountable, plural diminutions)

1. A lessening, decrease or reduction.

   The new emission standards have produced a measurable diminution in air pollution.
2. The act or process of making diminutive.
3. (music) a compositional technique where the composer shortens the melody by shortening its note values.

Synonyms

• (lessening, decrease): diminishment

Related terms

• diminish
• diminished
• diminuendo

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French diminucion, from Latin d?min?ti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

diminution f (plural diminutions)

1. diminution, abatement

Interlingua

Noun

diminution (plural diminutiones)

1. decrease

Related terms

• diminuer