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Definitions: Decrescendo |
DecrescendoAdjective1. Gradually decreasing in volume. Noun1. (music) a gradual decrease in loudness. Verb1. Grow quieter, of sound; "The music decrescendoes here". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Decrescendo \De`cres*cen"do\, adjective. adverb. [Italian]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: DecrescendoSynonym: diminuendo (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: crescendo (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Decrescendo |
| English words defined with "decrescendo": Morendo ♦ swell. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Decrescendo (1998) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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 | Deep crescendo and decrescendo chords played on a synthesizer. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "decrescendo"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | decrescendo-mislyd (cardiac decrescendo murmur). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | decrescendogeruis (cardiac decrescendo murmur). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | bruit décroissant (cardiac decrescendo murmur). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Dekrescendogeraeusch (cardiac decrescendo murmur). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καρδιακό φύσημα ντεκρεσέντο (cardiac decrescendo murmur). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | soffio cardiaco in decrescendo (cardiac decrescendo murmur). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | デオキシリボ 酸 (10^-1, carving, crepe de Chine, cutting up, decadence, decadent, decadentism, decanter, deci-, decibel, decimal, decimal point, decision, decision making, decision room, declamation, decode, decoder, decoding, decompiler, decorated cake, decoration, decoy, decrement, degree, deodorant, deoxyribo, deoxyribo nucleic acid, desert, design, design policy, design promoter, designer, designer brand, design-in, desire, dessert, dessert wine, digital, digital analog, digital art, digital audio tape recorder, digital computer, digital speedometer, digital television, Dixie, Dixieland, Dixieland jazz, fancy cake, low status, low-cut, transfer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | デクレッシェンド . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ecrescendoday ruído cardíaco decrescente (cardiac decrescendo murmur). (various references) ruido cardiaco decreciente (cardiac decrescendo murmur). (various references) diminuendo (diminuendo), dekreşendo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "decrescendo": decrescendos. (additional references) | |
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"Decrescendo" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: debrecen, Debrezcin, decresendo. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "decrescendo" (pronounced 'De`cres*cen"do'): Accelerando, Adelantado, Albedo, Alcedo, Ambuscado, Amido, Amontillado, Armado, Aviado, Avocado, Barricado, Barrigudo, Bocardo, Bravado, Calando, Cardo, Colorado, Commando, Credo, Crusado, Cruzado, Dado, Desperado, Dido, Diminuendo, Dodo, Dorado, Forzando, Glissando, Grenado, Hirudo, Hirundo, Ido, Imbrocado, innuendo, Inuendo, Lentando, mikado, Morendo, Nondo, Pardo, Peludo, Poynado, Privado, Procedendo, Quasimodo, Rallentando, Reconcentrado, Reformado, Renegado, Rinforzando, ritardando, Rodomontado, Rotundo, Scherzando, Scudo, secondo, Soldo, Spado, Sticcado, Stoccado, teredo, testudo, Toledo, tornado, Tremando, Tremolando, Uredo. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: crescendoed. | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-d-d-e-e-e-n-o-r-s" | |
-2 letters: conceders, credences, crescendo, descender. | |
-3 letters: censored, conceded, conceder, concedes, credence, decerned, decoders, encoders, endorsed, endorsee, necrosed, screeded, screened, secerned, seconded, seconder. | |
-4 letters: codders, coerced, coerces, concede, decerns, decoder, decodes, decreed, decrees, descend, encoded, encoder, encodes, encored, encores, endorse, necrose, needers, nodders, receded, recedes, recoded, recodes, reddens, scended, sconced, scorned, seceded, seceder, seconde, sneered. | |
-5 letters: ceders, censed, censer, censor, codder, codecs, codens, coders, coerce, corded, corned, credos, creeds, creese, crones, decern, decode, decors, decree, denser, donees, droned, drones, eddoes, encode, encore, enders, eroded, erodes, needed, needer, nodder, recces, recede, recode, recons, redden, redoes, redone, redons, reeded, rended, reseed, reseen, resend, sconce, scored, screed, screen, secede, secern, second, seeded, seeder, sended, sender, serene, snored, soccer, sodden, sonder, sorned. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-d-d-e-e-e-n-o-r-s" | |
+1 letter: decrescendos. | |
+2 letters: deconsecrated. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 63 72 65 73 63 65 6E 64 6F |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . -.-. .-. . ... -.-. . -. -.. --- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01100011 01110010 01100101 01110011 01100011 01100101 01101110 01100100 01101111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e c r e s c e n d o |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0063 0072 0065 0073 0063 0065 006E 0064 006F |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3871698471856971807081 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Sounds 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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