decrescendo

Borrowed from Italian decrescendo.

• IPA^(key): /ˌdiːkɹɪˈʃɛndəʊ/, /ˌdiːkɹəˈʃɛndəʊ/

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decrescendo (plural decrescendos or decrescendi)

1. (music) An instruction to play gradually more softly.
2. A gradual decrease in volume or loudness of a piece of music.
   • 1954 January, H. P. White, “Vignettes of the Rail”, in Railway Magazine, page 53:

     The peace was ended by the sound of an approaching train, the steady exhaust beat that has its own appeal, and amid a cloud of steam a rebuilt "Scot" burst from under the bridge at the south end of the station, and roared past at high speed. A long line of lighted windows flashed past, and then, in decrescendo, the sound and fury passed northwards.

decrescendo (third-person singular simple present decrescendos, present participle decrescendoing, simple past and past participle decrescendoed)

1. (music) To gradually become quieter

decrescendo (comparative more decrescendo, superlative most decrescendo)

1. becoming quieter gradually.

• diminuendo

• crescendo

• “decrescendo”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• crescendoed

Unadapted borrowing from Italian decrescendo.

decrescendo

1. (music) decrescendo

• “decrescendo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

decrescendo

1. gerund of decrescere

dēcrēscendō

1. dative gerund of dēcrēscō

decrescendo

1. gerund of decrescer

Unadapted borrowing from Italian decrescendo.

decrescendo

1. decrescendo

decrescendo n (uncountable)

1. decrescendo