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mordente

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mor-dente
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mordent (embellishment resembling a trill).

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

mordentes (plural)

Questions

What does mordente mean?
A mordent (embellishment resembling a trill).
Where does mordente come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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