crescendo

Meaning

Noun

1. An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ), by musicians called a hairpin.
2. (figuratively) A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax.
3. (figuratively, nonstandard) The climax of a gradual increase.

Verb

To increase in intensity; to reach or head for a crescendo.

Adv

Gradually increasing in force or loudness.

Synonyms

balloon

🎈

bloat

distend

expandable

mushroom

🍄

puff

snowball

spread out

swell

swell up

expandible

tumesce

Translations

crescendo

crescendo

Crescendo

crescendo

crēscēns

crescens

crescendo

تزايد الصوت

kreşendo yapmak

apujar-se

crescendo

αυξάνων τόνος

crescentis

toenemend

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɹɪˈʃɛn.dəʊ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian crescendo, gerund of crescere (“to grow, to increase”).