codetta

codetta

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Italian codettabor.
English codetta

    Borrowed from Italian codetta.

    Noun

    codetta (plural codettas)

    1. (music) A brief coda, or a brief segment between the themes of a fugue.

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    Italian

    Etymology

    From coda +‎ -etta (diminutive suffix). Sense 3 is a semantic loan from Polish ogonek.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /koˈdet.ta/
    • Rhymes: -etta
    • Hyphenation: co‧dét‧ta

    Noun

    codetta f (plural codette)

    1. (music) codetta
    2. addressee (in an official letter)
    4. (orthography) ogonek

    Descendants

    • → English: codetta

    Further reading

    • codetta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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