mordent

English

Etymology

From Italian mordente. Doublet of mordant.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔːdn̩t/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmoɹd(ə)nt/
• Homophone: mordant
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dənt
• Hyphenation: mord‧ent

Noun

mordent (plural mordents)

1. (music) An ornament consisting of a single rapid alternation between a given pitch and another pitch either a whole step or half step immediately above or 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 inan, zwrotnik (pl) m inan
• Russian: морде́нт (ru) m (mordɛ́nt)

See also

• mordant
• pralltriller

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

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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/neuter plural mordente)

1. obsolete form of mordant

Declension

Declension of mordent

		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