portamento

English

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Etymology

From Italian portamento, from portare (“bear, carry”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pɔːtəˈmɛntəʊ/

Noun

portamento (plural portamentos or portamenti)

1. (music) A smooth, gliding transition from one note to another; used especially with stringed instruments, and sometimes on brass.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 945:

     The music was feral, Eastern in scale, flattened seconds and sixths, and a kind of fretless portamento between

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /portaˈmento/

Noun

portamento m (plural portamenti)

1. bearing, carriage, deportment

Anagrams

• promettano