Synonyms for "mordent" (13 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

arabesquecadencecadenza

Strong matches (4)

coloraturaembellishmentflightflourish

Related words (6)

graceincidentalornamentpassagerunturn

Related word relations

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4 relation types

Related terms

2 entries

mordantpralltriller

derived

3 entries

inverted mordentlower mordentupper mordent

has context

1 entries

music

related to

6 entries

alternationmordantornamentpitchpralltrillersingle

Translations

9 translations across 7 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries

• mordent noun (ornament)

Finnish

2 entries

• alahele noun (ornament)
• mordentti noun (ornament)

French

1 entries

• mordant noun (ornament)

German

1 entries

• Mordent noun (ornament)

Japanese

2 entries

• モルデント noun (ornament)
• 漣音 noun (ornament)

Polish

1 entries

• mordent noun (ornament)

Russian

1 entries

• морде́нт noun (ornament)

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