fermata

English

WOTD – 13 September 2006    

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Diagram of a note shown with a fermata.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /fɜːˈmɑːtə/
• (US) IPA: /fɜːrˈmɑːtə/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɑːtə

Noun

fermata (plural fermatas or fermate)

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

Synonyms

• hold
• bird's-eye (colloquial)

Translations

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

• Czech: koruna (cs) f
• Dutch: fermate (nl)
• Finnish: fermaatti (fi)
• French: point d'orgue (fr) m
• German: Fermate (de) f
• Icelandic: fermata (is) f

• Italian: fermata (it) f
• Japanese: フェルマータ (ja) (ferumaata)
• Polish: fermata (pl)
• Portuguese: fermata (pt) f
• Romanian: fermata (ro) n
• Russian: фермата (ru) (fermata)
• Serbo-Croatian: fermata (sh) f
• Spanish: calderón (es) m

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Adjective

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

1. singular present passive participle of fermi

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Italian fermata, from fermare ‘to stop’.

Noun

fermata f

1. (music) fermata

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Italian

Etymology

From fermare ‘to stop’.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ferˈmata/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

fermata f (plural fermate)

1. stop during travel.
2. (music) fermata

Verb

fermata

1. feminine singular past participle of fermare