Etymology

tre corde

Today it means: Indicating that the player release the soft pedal of the piano. In many pianos, this results in the hammer striking three strings rather than one as in una corda. Full definition →

Italian tre corde ← ['it ',
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  1. ['it · borrowed from',
  2. Italian · borrowed fromtre corde
  3. English todaytre corde

Borrowed from Italian tre corde (“three strings”).

Words from the same roots

['it', all →

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