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Webster 1913 Edition


Glissando

Glis-san′do

,
Noun.
&
Adj.
[As if It. = Fr.
glissant
sliding.]
(Mus.)
A gliding effect; gliding.

Definition 2024


glissando

glissando

English

Noun

glissando (plural glissandi or glissandos or glissandoes)

  1. (music) Either a continuous sliding from one pitch to another ("true" glissando), or an incidental scale played while moving from one melodic note to another ("effective" glissando).

Translations


French

Noun

glissando m (plural glissandos)

  1. (music) glissando

Italian

Verb

glissando

  1. gerund of glissare

Adverb

glissando

  1. In the style of a glissando

Noun

glissando m (invariable)

  1. glissando