# diminuendo
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian diminuendo.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /dɪˌmɪnjuːˈɛndəʊ/

### Noun

diminuendo (plural diminuendos)
* (music) A dynamic mark directing that a passage is to be played gradually more softly
* (music) A passage having this mark
* (figurative) The gradual dying away of something.
** 1988, Robert James Nelson, Willa Cather and France: In Search of the Lost Language, →ISBN, page 79:Thus, in "Flavia and Her Artists" (1905), for example, a fiction of consonance in diminuendo, the French subtext states a set of harmonies (the young American returned from France) and cacophonies (the supercilious French art critic, Roux) shedding light on the main text with its own consonances of intergenerationsl friendship, marital loyalty, artistic pleasure, and joyful lesbianism.
** 1998, Edward Abbey, The Fool's Progress: An Honest Novel, →ISBN:Harlow gazed, like Henry, out the wide corner window, enjoying the diminuendos of the light.
** 2018, Lionel Shriver, The Standing Chandelier:Jillian haad the kind of charm that wore off. Or after enough romantic diminuendos, that's what she theorized.

#### Translations
### Adverb

diminuendo (comparative more diminuendo, superlative most diminuendo)
* (music) played in this style

### Adjective

diminuendo (comparative more diminuendo, superlative most diminuendo)
* (music) describing a passage having this mark

#### Synonyms

* decrescendo

#### Antonyms

* crescendo

## Finnish
### Etymology

< Italian diminuendo

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdiminuendo/, [ˈdiminuˌe̞ndo̞]
* Rhymes: -endo
* Hyphenation: di‧mi‧nu‧en‧do

### Noun

diminuendo
* (music) diminuendo (dynamic mark or passage)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of diminuendo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
diminuendoni
diminuendoni
accusative
nom.
diminuendoni
diminuendoni
gen.
diminuendoni
genitive
diminuendoni
diminuendojeni
partitive
diminuendoani
diminuendojani
inessive
diminuendossani
diminuendoissani
elative
diminuendostani
diminuendoistani
illative
diminuendooni
diminuendoihini
adessive
diminuendollani
diminuendoillani
ablative
diminuendoltani
diminuendoiltani
allative
diminuendolleni
diminuendoilleni
essive
diminuendonani
diminuendoinani
translative
diminuendokseni
diminuendoikseni
abessive
diminuendottani
diminuendoittani
instructive
comitative
—diminuendoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
diminuendosi
diminuendosi
accusative
nom.
diminuendosi
diminuendosi
gen.
diminuendosi
genitive
diminuendosi
diminuendojesi
partitive
diminuendoasi
diminuendojasi
inessive
diminuendossasi
diminuendoissasi
elative
diminuendostasi
diminuendoistasi
illative
diminuendoosi
diminuendoihisi
adessive
diminuendollasi
diminuendoillasi
ablative
diminuendoltasi
diminuendoiltasi
allative
diminuendollesi
diminuendoillesi
essive
diminuendonasi
diminuendoinasi
translative
diminuendoksesi
diminuendoiksesi
abessive
diminuendottasi
diminuendoittasi
instructive
comitative
—diminuendoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
diminuendomme
diminuendomme
accusative
nom.
diminuendomme
diminuendomme
gen.
diminuendomme
genitive
diminuendomme
diminuendojemme
partitive
diminuendoamme
diminuendojamme
inessive
diminuendossamme
diminuendoissamme
elative
diminuendostamme
diminuendoistamme
illative
diminuendoomme
diminuendoihimme
adessive
diminuendollamme
diminuendoillamme
ablative
diminuendoltamme
diminuendoiltamme
allative
diminuendollemme
diminuendoillemme
essive
diminuendonamme
diminuendoinamme
translative
diminuendoksemme
diminuendoiksemme
abessive
diminuendottamme
diminuendoittamme
instructive
comitative
—diminuendoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
diminuendonne
diminuendonne
accusative
nom.
diminuendonne
diminuendonne
gen.
diminuendonne
genitive
diminuendonne
diminuendojenne
partitive
diminuendoanne
diminuendojanne
inessive
diminuendossanne
diminuendoissanne
elative
diminuendostanne
diminuendoistanne
illative
diminuendoonne
diminuendoihinne
adessive
diminuendollanne
diminuendoillanne
ablative
diminuendoltanne
diminuendoiltanne
allative
diminuendollenne
diminuendoillenne
essive
diminuendonanne
diminuendoinanne
translative
diminuendoksenne
diminuendoiksenne
abessive
diminuendottanne
diminuendoittanne
instructive
comitative
—diminuendoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
diminuendonsa
diminuendonsa
accusative
nom.
diminuendonsa
diminuendonsa
gen.
diminuendonsa
genitive
diminuendonsa
diminuendojensa
partitive
diminuendoaan diminuendoansa
diminuendojaan diminuendojansa
inessive
diminuendossaan diminuendossansa
diminuendoissaan diminuendoissansa
elative
diminuendostaan diminuendostansa
diminuendoistaan diminuendoistansa
illative
diminuendoonsa
diminuendoihinsa
adessive
diminuendollaan diminuendollansa
diminuendoillaan diminuendoillansa
ablative
diminuendoltaan diminuendoltansa
diminuendoiltaan diminuendoiltansa
allative
diminuendolleen diminuendollensa
diminuendoilleen diminuendoillensa
essive
diminuendonaan diminuendonansa
diminuendoinaan diminuendoinansa
translative
diminuendokseen diminuendoksensa
diminuendoikseen diminuendoiksensa
abessive
diminuendottaan diminuendottansa
diminuendoittaan diminuendoittansa
instructive
comitative
—diminuendoineen diminuendoinensa :

### Adverb

diminuendo
* diminuendo
    Synonyms: heiketen, hiljeten

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian diminuendo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di.mi.nɥɛn.do/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

diminuendo m (plural diminuendos)
* (music) diminuendo (a dynamic mark directing that a passage is to be played gradually more softly)

### Further reading

* “diminuendo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīminuendus, gerundive of dīminuō (“to shatter; to diminish”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di.mi.nuˈɛn.do/
* Rhymes: -ɛndo
* Hyphenation: di‧mi‧nu‧èn‧do

### Verb

diminuendo
* gerund of diminuire

### Noun

diminuendo m (invariable)
* (arithmetics) Synonym of minuendo (“minuend”)
* (music) diminuendo
    Synonyms: calando, decrescendo, digradando, (rare) mancando, smorzando

### Further reading

* diminuendo$^1$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* diminuendo$^2$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* inumidendo

## Latin
### Participle

dīminuendō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of dīminuendus

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.mi.nuˈẽ.du/ [d͡ʒi.mi.nʊˈẽ.du], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.miˈnwẽ.du/
* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.mi.nuˈẽ.du/ [d͡ʒi.mi.nʊˈẽ.du], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.miˈnwẽ.du/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.mi.nuˈẽ.do/ [d͡ʒi.mi.nʊˈẽ.do], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.miˈnwẽ.do/
* (Portugal) IPA: /di.miˈnwẽ.du/
* Hyphenation: di‧mi‧nu‧en‧do

### Noun

diminuendo m (plural diminuendos)
* minuend
    Synonym: (Brazil) minuendo

#### See also

* subtração
* subtraendo

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian diminuendo.

### Adverb

diminuendo
* diminuendo