appoggiatura

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ə.ˌpɒ.d͡ʒə.ˈtʊɹ.ə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʊəɹə

Noun

appoggiatura (plural appoggiaturas or appoggiature)

  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 March 2, New York Times:
      The following Adagietto was like a long, melting appoggiatura composed of smaller dying falls and languid resolutions.

Translations

Italian

Etymology

From appoggiare +‎ -tura.

Noun

appoggiatura f (plural appoggiature)

  1. appoggiatura
  2. (theater) a strong emphasis in intonation on the key word of a joke

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.poɡ.ʒi.aˈtu.ɾɐ/ [a.poɡ.ʒɪ.aˈtu.ɾɐ], (faster pronunciation) /a.poɡ.ʒjaˈtu.ɾɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.poɡ.ʒi.aˈtu.ɾa/ [a.poɡ.ʒɪ.aˈtu.ɾa], (faster pronunciation) /a.poɡ.ʒjaˈtu.ɾa/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.pu.ɡʒjɐˈtu.ɾɐ/ [ɐ.pu.ɣʒjɐˈtu.ɾɐ]

  • Hyphenation: ap‧pog‧gia‧tu‧ra

Noun

appoggiatura f (plural appoggiaturas or appoggiature)

  1. Alternative form of apogiatura
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