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ritardando

ritardando adverb: gradually decelerating the tempo of a piece of music, especially at the end of the piece.

Adverb

ritardando (not comparable)

  1. Gradually decelerating the tempo of a piece of music, especially at the end of the piece.

Adjective

ritardando (not comparable)

  1. Having a gradually decelerating tempo.

Noun

ritardando (plural ritardandos or ritardandi)

  1. An instance of gradually decelerating the tempo of a piece of music.
    Synonyms:
    ritard

ritardando meaning in Tamil

ritardando in Tamil

இன்னும் மெதுவாக

Synonyms of ritardando

Antonyms

Forms of ritardando

Adverb
alternative formrit
Noun
pluralritardandos
pluralritardandi

Origin of ritardando

Borrowed from Italian ritardando, gerund of ritardare (“to delay, to slow down”).

Questions about ritardando

What does ritardando mean?
Ritardando means gradually decelerating the tempo of a piece of music, especially at the end of the piece.
What is ritardando in Tamil?
Ritardando in Tamil is இன்னும் மெதுவாக. See Ritardando meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ritardando?
Ritardando can be an adverb, an adjective or a noun.

Words near ritardando in the dictionary

  1. ritalin
  2. ritalinic acid
  3. ritanserin
  4. ritard
  5. ritardandi
  6. ritardando
  7. ritardandos
  8. ritards
  9. Ritas
  10. Ritch
  11. Ritchey

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ritardando (page history and authors); ritardando (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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