appoggiatura

American  

[uh-poj-uh-toor-uh, -tyoor-uh, ahp-pawd-jah-too-rah] / əˌpɒdʒ əˈtʊər ə, -ˈtyʊər ə, ɑpˌpɔd dʒɑˈtu rɑ /

noun

Music.

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

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appoggiatura British  

/ əˌpɒdʒəˈtʊərə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of appoggiatura

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, -ate ¹, -ure