mordent

English

Etymology

Italian mordente. Doublet of mordant.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɔː(ɹ)dənt/
  • Homophone: mordant

Noun

mordent (plural mordents)

  1. (music) An ornament consisting of a single alternation between a given pitch and the one immediately below it.

Derived terms
  • inverted mordent
  • lower mordent
  • upper mordent

Translations

See also

French

Pronunciation
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Verb

mordent

  1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of mordre

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

mordent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of mordeō

Romanian

Adjective

mordent m or n (feminine singular mordentă, masculine plural mordenți, feminine and neuter plural mordente)

  1. Obsolete form of mordant.

Declension
Declension of mordent
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite mordent mordentă mordenți mordente
definite mordentul mordenta mordenții mordentele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite mordent mordente mordenți mordente
definite mordentului mordentei mordenților mordentelor

References
  • mordent in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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