appoggiatura

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə.ˌpɒ.dʒə.ˈtʊɹ.ə/

Noun

appoggiatura (plural appoggiaturas)

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, New York Times, March 2

     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

• Portuguese: apogiatura (pt) f, appoggiatura (pt) f
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Portuguese

Noun

appoggiatura f (plural appoggiature)

1. Alternative form of apogiatura