mordent - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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From Italian mordente. Doublet of mordant.

mordent (plural mordents)

  1. (music) An ornament consisting of a single rapid alternation between a given pitch and another pitch either a whole step or half step immediately above or below it.

ornament

mordent

  1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of mordre

mordent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of mordeō

mordent m or n (feminine singular mordentă, masculine plural mordenți, feminine/neuter plural mordente)

  1. obsolete form of mordant

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