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appoggiatura

/əˌpɒ.d͡ʒəˈtʊɹ.ə/

appoggiatura noun: a type of musical ornament, falling on the beat, which often creates a suspension and subtracts for itself half the time value of the principal note which follows.

Noun

appoggiatura (plural appoggiaturas or appoggiature)

  1. A type of musical ornament, falling on the beat, which often creates a suspension and subtracts for itself half the time value of the principal note which follows.
    • The following Adagietto was like a long, melting appoggiatura composed of smaller dying falls and languid resolutions.1992 March 2, New York Times

appoggiatura meaning in Tamil

appoggiatura in Tamil

முன்வரும் துணைச்சரம்

Forms of appoggiatura

pluralappoggiaturas
pluralappoggiature

Origin of appoggiatura

Borrowed from Italian appoggiatura, derived from appoggiare (“to lean”).

Words formed from appoggiatura

Words that rhyme with appoggiatura

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Questions about appoggiatura

What does appoggiatura mean?
Appoggiatura means a type of musical ornament, falling on the beat, which often creates a suspension and subtracts for itself half the time value of the principal note which follows.
What is appoggiatura in Tamil?
Appoggiatura in Tamil is முன்வரும் துணைச்சரம். See Appoggiatura meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is appoggiatura?
Appoggiatura is a noun.
How do you pronounce appoggiatura?
Appoggiatura is pronounced /əˌpɒ.d͡ʒəˈtʊɹ.ə/.
What is the plural of appoggiatura?
The plural of appoggiatura is appoggiaturas.

Words near appoggiatura in the dictionary

  1. applyingly
  2. applyings
  3. applyment
  4. appmt
  5. appmts
  6. appoggiatura
  7. appoggiaturas
  8. appoggiature
  9. appoint
  10. appointable
  11. appointe

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Adapted from Wiktionary: appoggiatura (page history and authors); appoggiatura (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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