appoggiatura

[ uh-poj-uh-toor-uh, -tyoor-uh; Italian ahp-pawd-jah-too-rah ]

nounMusic.
  1. a note of embellishment preceding another note and taking a portion of its time.

Origin of appoggiatura

1
First recorded in 1745–55; from Italian: literally, “a propping up,” equivalent to appoggiat(o), past participle of appoggiare “to support” + -ura abstract noun suffix; see ap-1, podium, -ate1, -ure

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British Dictionary definitions for appoggiatura

appoggiatura

/ (əˌpɒdʒəˈtʊərə) /


nounplural -ras or -re (-rɛ)
  1. music an ornament consisting of a nonharmonic note (short or long) preceding a harmonic one either before or on the stress: See also acciaccatura (def. 2)

Origin of appoggiatura

1
C18: from Italian, literally: a propping, from appoggiare to prop, support

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