sordino

[ sawr-dee-noh; Italian sawr-dee-naw ]
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noun,plural sor·di·ni [sawr-dee-nee Italian sawr-dee-nee]. /sɔrˈdi ni Italian sɔrˈdi ni/. Music.

Origin of sordino

1
1795–1805; <Italian: a mute, equivalent to sordo (<Latin surdus deaf) + -ino-ine1

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sordino

/ (sɔːˈdiːnəʊ) /


nounplural -ni (-niː)
  1. a mute for a stringed or brass musical instrument

  2. any of the dampers that arrest the vibrations of piano strings

  1. con sordino or con sordini a musical direction to play with a mute

  2. senza sordino or senza sordini a musical direction to remove or play without the mute or (on the piano) with the sustaining pedal pressed down

Origin of sordino

1
Italian: from sordo deaf, from Latin surdus

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