diminuendo
noun/dɪˌmɪnjuˈendəʊ/
/dɪˌmɪnjuˈendəʊ/
(plural diminuendos)
[countable, uncountable] (from Italian, music)- a slow steady decrease in how loudly a piece of music is played or sung opposite crescendoTopics Musicc2Word OriginItalian, literally ‘diminishing’, from diminuire, from Latin deminuere ‘lessen’, from minuere ‘make small’.
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