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Webster 1913 Edition


Rallentando


Ralˊlen-tan′do

(rälˊlĕn-tän′dō̍)
,
Adj.
[It.]
(Mus.)
Slackening; – a direction to perform a passage with a gradual decrease in time and force; ritardando.

Definition 2024


rallentando

rallentando

English

Adjective

rallentando (not comparable)

  1. (music) slackening; becoming slower (used as a musical direction).

Italian

Noun

rallentando m (invariable)

  1. (music) rallentando

Verb

rallentando

  1. gerund of rallentare