appoggiatura
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian appoggiatura, derived from appoggiare (“to lean”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
appoggiatura (plural appoggiaturas or appoggiature)
- (music) A type of musical ornament, falling on the beat, which often creates a suspension and subtracts for itself half the time value of the principal note which follows.
- 1992 March 2, New York Times:
- The following Adagietto was like a long, melting appoggiatura composed of smaller dying falls and languid resolutions.
Translations edit
a type of musical ornament which creates a suspension
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Italian edit
Etymology edit
From appoggiare + -tura.
Noun edit
appoggiatura f (plural appoggiature)
- appoggiatura
- (theater) a strong emphasis in intonation on the key word of a joke
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ap‧pog‧gia‧tu‧ra
Noun edit
appoggiatura f (plural appoggiaturas or appoggiature)
- Alternative form of apogiatura