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mordente

mordente noun: a mordent (embellishment resembling a trill).

Noun

mordente (plural mordentes)

  1. A mordent (embellishment resembling a trill).

Forms of mordente

pluralmordentes

Origin of mordente

Borrowed from Italian mordente, from Latin mordēns, from mordēre.

Questions about mordente

What does mordente mean?
Mordente means a mordent (embellishment resembling a trill).
What part of speech is mordente?
Mordente is a noun.
What is the plural of mordente?
The plural of mordente is mordentes.

Words near mordente in the dictionary

  1. mordellids
  2. Morden
  3. mordenite
  4. mordenites
  5. mordent
  6. mordente
  7. mordentes
  8. mordents
  9. mordern
  10. Mordetwi
  11. Mordialloc

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