mordent
English
Etymology
From Italian mordente. Doublet of mordant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔː(ɹ)dənt/
- Homophone: mordant
Noun
mordent (plural mordents)
- (music) An ornament consisting of a single alternation between a given pitch and the one immediately below it.
Derived terms
- inverted mordent
- lower mordent
- upper mordent
Translations
ornament
See also
French
Pronunciation
Audio (Canada): (file)
Verb
mordent
- third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of mordre
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
mordent
- third-person plural present active indicative of mordeō
Romanian
Adjective
mordent m or n (feminine singular mordentă, masculine plural mordenți, feminine and neuter plural mordente)
- obsolete form of mordant
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | mordent | mordentă | mordenți | mordente | |||
| definite | mordentul | mordenta | mordenții | mordentele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | mordent | mordente | mordenți | mordente | |||
| definite | mordentului | mordentei | mordenților | mordentelor | ||||
References
- mordent in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN