English Explanatory Dictionary

appoggiatura

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/əˌpɒ.d͡ʒəˈtʊɹ.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-appoggiatura.wav

Word forms

appoggiatura appoggiaturas appoggiature

Etymology

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

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