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Webster 1913 Edition

Sostenuto

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Sosˊte-nu′to

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Adj.
[It.]
(Mus.)
Sustained; – applied to a movement or passage the sounds of which are to sustained to the utmost of the nominal value of the time; also, to a passage the tones of which are to be somewhat prolonged or protacted.

Definition 2024

sostenuto

sostenuto

English

Adverb

sostenuto ‎(not comparable)

  1. (music) played in a sustained manner beyond the notes normal value

Noun

sostenuto ‎(plural sostenutos)

  1. A note or passage marked to be sustained

Italian

Verb

sostenuto m ‎(feminine singular sostenuta, masculine plural sostenuti, feminine plural sostenute)

  1. past participle of sostenere

Adjective

sostenuto m ‎(feminine singular sostenuta, masculine plural sostenuti, feminine plural sostenute)

  1. fast, steady, high
  2. reserved, distant
  3. (music) sostenuto

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Etymology

Borrowing from Italian sostenuto.

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