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語源

Borrowed from Italian decrescendo.

発音

• IPA: /ˌdiːkɹɪˈʃɛndəʊ/, /ˌdiːkɹəˈʃɛndəʊ/

名詞

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.

動詞

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

1. (music) To gradually become quieter

形容詞

decrescendo (comparative more decrescendo, superlative most decrescendo)

1. becoming quieter gradually.

同意語

• diminuendo

反意語

• crescendo

参照

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

アナグラム

• crescendoed