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Webster 1913 Edition


Ritenuto


Riˊte-nu′to

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Adj.
[It.]
(Mus.)
Held back; holding back; ritardando.

Definition 2024


ritenuto

ritenuto

English

Adjective

ritenuto (not comparable)

  1. (music) (of a passage in a musical score) immediately slower, held back at a slower rate of pace.

Noun

ritenuto (plural ritenutos)

  1. A musical passage of this kind.

Italian

Adjective

ritenuto m (feminine singular ritenuta, masculine plural ritenuti, feminine plural ritenute)

  1. (rare) reserved, circumspect, cautious

Verb

ritenuto m (f ritenuta, m pl ritenuti, m, f ritenute)

  1. past participle of ritenere

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