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diminuendo

noun
🔊/dɪˌmɪnjuˈendəʊ/
🔊/dɪˌmɪnjuˈendəʊ/
(plural diminuendos)
[countable, uncountable] (from Italian, music音乐)
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  1. a slow steady decrease in how loudly a piece of music is played or sung 渐弱opposite crescendoTopics Musicc2
    Word OriginItalian, literally ‘diminishing’, from diminuire, from Latin deminuere ‘lessen’, from minuere ‘make small’.