mordent

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von mordent im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

An ornament consisting of a single alternation between a given pitch, and the one immediately below it

An elongated bar above a letter, used e.g. in transliterating Japanese in the Hepburn system. For example, ā

{i} musical embellishment of alternating quickly a tone with another a half-tone which is lower

Silbentrennung

mor·dent

Etymologie

[ 'mor-d&nt, mor- ] (noun.) 1806. Italian mordente, from Latin mordent-, mordens, present participle of mordEre.