sostenuto
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian sostenuto.
Adverb
sostenuto (not comparable)
- (music) played in a sustained manner beyond the note's normal value
Noun
sostenuto (plural sostenutos)
- A note or passage marked to be sustained
Anagrams
- ostentous
French
Pronunciation
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Adverb
sostenuto
- sostenuto
Noun
sostenuto m (plural sostenutos)
- sostenuto
Further reading
- “sostenuto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
From sostenere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /so.steˈnu.to/
- Rhymes: -uto
- Hyphenation: so‧ste‧nù‧to
Adjective
sostenuto (feminine sostenuta, masculine plural sostenuti, feminine plural sostenute)
- fast, steady, high
- Synonyms: veloce, elevato
- reserved, distant
- Synonyms: riservato, scostante
- (music) sostenuto
Derived terms
- sostenutamente
- sostenutezza
Participle
sostenuto (feminine sostenuta, masculine plural sostenuti, feminine plural sostenute)
- past participle of sostenere
Further reading
- sostenuto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Italian sostenuto.
Adverb
sostenuto
- sostenuto