Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diminuendo

/dɪˌmɪnjuːˈɛndəʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables: dimin-u-en-do
IPA: /dɪˌmɪnjuːˈɛndəʊ/

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dynamic mark directing that a passage is to be played gradually more softly

noun

A passage having this mark

noun

The gradual dying away of something.

adv

played in this style

adj

describing a passage having this mark

Example Sentences

"Thus, in "Flavia and Her Artists" (1905), for example, a fiction of consonance in diminuendo, the French subtext states a set of harmonies (the young American returned from France) and cacophonies (the supercilious French art critic, Roux) shedding light on the main text with its own consonances of intergenerationsl friendship, marital loyalty, artistic pleasure, and joyful lesbianism."
"Harlow gazed, like Henry, out the wide corner window, enjoying the diminuendos of the light."
"Jillian haad the kind of charm that wore off. Or after enough romantic diminuendos, that's what she theorized."

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian diminuendo.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /dɪˌmɪnjuːˈɛndəʊ/

Inflected Forms

diminuendos (plural) more diminuendo (comparative) most diminuendo (superlative)

Synonyms

decrescendo

Antonyms

crescendo

Questions

How do you pronounce diminuendo?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˌmɪnjuːˈɛndəʊ/.
What does diminuendo mean?: A dynamic mark directing that a passage is to be played gradually more softly
Where does diminuendo come from?: Borrowed from Italian diminuendo.

How to pronounce diminuendo

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