fermata

English

WOTD – 13 September 2006

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fermata, from fermare (“to stop”).

Diagram of a note shown with a fermata.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌfɜːˈmɑːtə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌfɜːɹˈmɑtə/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑːtə

Noun

fermata (countable and uncountable, plural fermatas or fermate)

1. (music) The holding of a note or rest for longer than its usual duration.
2. (music, countable) The notation ⟨◌͒⟩ of such a prolongation, usually represented as a dot with a semi-circle above or below it, written above or below the prolonged note or rest.

Synonyms

• hold
• bird's-eye (colloquial)
• ◌͒

Translations

holding a note beyond its usual duration or the notation representing it

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 延長號 / 延长号 (zh) (yánchánghào)

• Czech: koruna (cs) f
• Dutch: fermate (nl)
• Finnish: fermaatti (fi)
• French: point d’orgue (fr) m
• German: Fermate (de) f
• Hebrew: פֶרְמָטָה (he) f (fermáta), שְׁהִי (he) m (shehí)
• Icelandic: fermata (is) f
• Italian: fermata (it) f
• Japanese: フェルマータ (ferumaata)
• Polish: fermata (pl)
• Portuguese: fermata (pt) f
• Romanian: fermata (ro) n
• Russian: фермата (ru) (fermata)
• Serbo-Croatian: fermata f
• Spanish: calderón (es) m
• Swedish: fermat (sv) n

Esperanto

Adjective

fermata (accusative singular fermatan, plural fermataj, accusative plural fermatajn)

1. singular present passive participle of fermi

Italian

Etymology 1

From fermare (“to stop”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ferˈma.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: fer‧mà‧ta

Noun

fermata f (plural fermate)

1. (music) fermata (the holding of a note)
2. (travel) stop (place where passengers get on and off)

Descendants

• → English: fermata
• → Portuguese: fermata
• → Romanian: fermata

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

fermata

1. feminine singular of fermato

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fermata. Doublet of firmada.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /feʁˈma.tɐ/ [feɦˈma.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /feʁˈma.tɐ/ [feɦˈma.tɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /feɾˈma.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /feʁˈma.tɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /feɻˈma.ta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɛɾˈma.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: fer‧ma‧ta

Noun

fermata f (plural fermatas)

1. (music) fermata (holding a note beyond its usual duration or the notation representing it)

   Synonym: caldeirão

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian fermata.

Noun

fermata f (uncountable)

1. fermata

Declension

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