appoggiatura

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian appoggiatura, derived from appoggiare (“to lean”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˌpɒ.d͡ʒəˈtʊɹ.ə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ʊəɹə

Noun

appoggiatura (plural appoggiaturas or appoggiature)

1. (music) A type of musical ornament, falling on the beat, which often creates a suspension and subtracts for itself half the time value of the principal note which follows.
   • 1992 March 2, New York Times:

     The following Adagietto was like a long, melting appoggiatura composed of smaller dying falls and languid resolutions.

Translations

a type of musical ornament which creates a suspension

• Afrikaans: appoggiatura
• French: appoggiature (fr) f
• Greek: αποτζιατούρα f (apotziatoúra), επέρειση (el) f (epéreisi)
• Portuguese: apogiatura (pt) f, appoggiatura (pt) f

Italian

Etymology

From appoggiare +‎ -tura.

Noun

appoggiatura f (plural appoggiature)

1. appoggiatura
2. (theater) a strong emphasis in intonation on the key word of a joke

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.poɡ.ʒi.aˈtu.ɾɐ/ [a.poɡ.ʒɪ.aˈtu.ɾɐ], (faster pronunciation) /a.poɡ.ʒjaˈtu.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.poɡ.ʒi.aˈtu.ɾɐ/ [a.poɡ.ʒɪ.aˈtu.ɾɐ], (faster pronunciation) /a.poɡ.ʒjaˈtu.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.poɡ.ʒi.aˈtu.ɾa/ [a.poɡ.ʒɪ.aˈtu.ɾa], (faster pronunciation) /a.poɡ.ʒjaˈtu.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.pu.ɡʒjɐˈtu.ɾɐ/ [ɐ.pu.ɣʒjɐˈtu.ɾɐ]

• Hyphenation: ap‧pog‧gia‧tu‧ra

Noun

appoggiatura f (plural appoggiaturas or appoggiature)

1. Alternative form of apogiatura