Etymology

appoggiatura

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Italian appoggiatura
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromappoggiatura
  2. English todayappoggiatura

Borrowed from Italian appoggiatura, derived from appoggiare (“to lean”).

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