fioriture
English
Etymology
Italian, plural of fioritura (“a flowering”).
Noun
fioriture pl (plural only)
- (music) Little "flowers" of ornament introduced into a melody by a singer or player.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for fioriture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian fioritura.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fjɔ.ʁi.tyʁ/
Noun
fioriture f (plural fioritures)
- (chiefly in the plural) flourish, frill, fioriture
Further reading
- “fioriture”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
fioriture f
- plural of fioritura
Anagrams
- rifiuterò