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1. (n.) crescendo
a gradual increase in loudness.
2. crescendo
a musical passage characterized by such an increase.
3. crescendo
a steady increase in force or intensity.
4. crescendo
the climactic point in such an increase; peak.
5. (adv.) crescendo
gradually increasing in force, volume, or loudness
6. (v.i.) crescendo
to grow in force or loudness.
Etymology: (1770–80; < It: lit., growing < L crēscendum, ger. of crēscere to grow)
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| Definition of 'crescendo' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) crescendo
(music) a gradual increase in loudness
2. (verb) crescendo
gradually increasing in volume
3. (verb) crescendo
grow louder
"The music crescendoes here"
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| Definition of 'crescendo' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) crescendo
a gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed
2. (noun) crescendo
a passage to be performed with constantly increasing volume of tone
3. crescendo
with a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the score
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Sense: (especially in music) a gradual and continuous increase in loudness.
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 Afrikaans: crescendo, kressendo |
 Arabic: تَصعـيـد صَوْتي |
 Bulgarian: кресчендо |
 Brazilian: crescendo |
 Czech: crescendo |
 German: das Crescendo |
 Danish: crescendo |
 Greek: κρεσέντο (μουσ.) |
 Spanish: crescendo |
 Estonian: crescendo, paisuvalt |
 Farsi: افزایش تدریجی بلندی آوا؛ |
 Finnish: crescendo |
 French: crescendo |
 Hebrew: קְרֶשֶנדוֹ |
 Hindi: ऊंचा होते जाना, प्रगति कर |
 Croatian: krešendo |
 Hungarian: crescendo |
 Indonesian: lambat laun makin keras |
 Icelandic: stigmögnun |
 Italian: crescendo |
 Japanese: 次第に強く |
 Korean: (음악) 크레셴도 |
 Lithuanian: crescendo |
 Latvian: kreščendo |
 Malay: kresendo |
 Dutch: crescendo |
 Norwegian: crescendo, stadig stigend |
 Polish: crescendo |
 Persian: افزایش تدریجی بلندی آوا؛ |
 Pashto: په تدریجی ډول زیاتوالی |
 Portuguese: crescendo |
 Romanian: crescendo |
 Russian: крещендо |
 Slovak: crescendo |
 Slovenian: naraščanje |
 Serbian: krešendo |
 Swedish: crescendo |
 Thai: ความดังที่ค่อย ๆ เพิ่มระด |
 Turkish: kreşendo, (müzikte) sesin |
 Taiwanese: (音樂)漸強 |
 Ukrainian: крещендо |
 Urdu: چڑھتے سُر |
 Vietnamese: sự mạnh dần |
 Chinese: （音乐）渐强 |
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