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- Italian · borrowed frommordente
- English todaymordent
Words from the same roots
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mordente
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mordent
mord·entToday it means: 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. Full definition →
Italian mordente