stringendo

S1T1R1I1N1G2E1N1D2O1

noun

A passage in music to be played gradually faster; a section of music with in which the tempo slowly increases.

OriginItalian stringendo →
Scrabble 12
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounstringendo (plural stringendos or stringendi)

plural stringendos · plural stringendi

  1. entertainmentA passage in music to be played gradually faster; a section of music with in which the tempo slowly increases.
adverbstringendo (not comparable)
  1. not comparableentertainmentPlayed with gradually increasing tempo.

Origin

  1. Italianstringendo
  2. Italianstringendo
  3. Englishstringendo

Borrowed from Italian stringendo (“tightening”).

More words from Italian

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

grindstone
Cite this entry
APA

stringendo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stringendo

MLA

“stringendo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stringendo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stringendo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stringendo.

Source: stringendo on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.