mordent

English

Etymology

From 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

ornament

• Afrikaans: mordent
• Finnish: alahele (fi), mordentti (fi)
• French: mordant (fr) m
• German: Mordent m
• Japanese: モルデント (morudento), 漣音 (れんおん, ren'on)
• Polish: mordent (pl) m
• Russian: морде́нт (ru) m (mordɛ́nt)

See also

• mordant
• pralltriller

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

mordent

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

Anagrams

• dorment

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

		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