Mordent

English

Noun

Singular Mordent

Plural {{{1}}}

Mordent ({{{1}}})

1. (music) An ornament consisting of a single alternation between a given pitch, and the one immediately below it
2. An elongated bar above a letter, used e.g. in transliterating Japanese in the Hepburn system. For example, ā

See also

• mordant

Derived terms

• lower mordent
• upper mordent

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French

Verb

Mordent

1. Third-person plural present indicative of mordre.
2. Third-person plural present subjunctive of mordre.

Anagrams

• demnort,
• dorment

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