crescendo

1. 1.

   (music) gradually increasing in volume

   Similarincreasing

   music

Other forms of crescendo

plural

crescendi

past tense

crescendoed·

present participle

crescendoing·

third person

crescendoes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about crescendo

What does crescendo mean?

crescendo means "(music) a gradual increase in loudness". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in crescendo?

crescendo has 3 syllables: cre-scen-do. The stress falls on "scen". In IPA it is /kɹɪˈʃɛndoʊ/.

What is the opposite of crescendo?

The recorded antonyms are decrescendo.

Is crescendo a common word?

crescendo is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.