Etymology

tenuto

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Today it means: A tempo mark directing that a note or passage is to be held for the full time Full definition →

Italian tenuto
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromtenuto
  2. Italian · borrowed fromtenuto
  3. English todaytenuto

Borrowed from Italian tenuto.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.