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mordents

mordents is the plural of mordent.

Meaning of mordent

Noun

mordent (plural mordents)

  1. An ornament consisting of a single rapid alternation between a given pitch and another pitch either a whole step or half step immediately above or below it.

Phrases with mordents

Questions about mordents

What is mordents the plural of?
Mordents is the plural of mordent.

Words near mordents in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mordents (page history and authors); mordent (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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