fermata

fermatafrom St. Matthew Passion (1729) byJohann Sebastian Bach

fer·ma·ta

F0081800 (fĕr-mä′tə)n. Music 1. The prolongation of a tone, chord, or rest beyond its indicated time value.2. The sign indicating this prolongation.

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[Italian, from feminine past participle of fermare, to stop, from Latin firmāre, to make firm, from firmus, firm; see dher- in Indo-European roots.]

fermata

(fəˈmɑːtə) n, pl -tas or -te (-tɪ) (Music, other) music another word for pause⁵[from Italian, from fermare to stop, from Latin firmāre to establish; see firm¹]

fer•ma•ta

(fɛrˈmɑ tə)

n., pl. -tas, -te (-tā). Music. 1. the sustaining of a note, chord, or rest for a duration longer than the indicated time value. 2. the symbol placed over a note, chord, or rest indicating a fermata. [1875–80; < Italian: stop, pause, n. use of feminine past participle of fermare to stop < Latin firmāre to make firm]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fermata - a musical notation (over a note or chord or rest) that indicates it is to be prolonged by an unspecified amountmusical notation - (music) notation used by musicians
	2.	fermata - (music) a prolongation of unspecified length on a note or chord or restprotraction, lengthiness, prolongation, continuation - the consequence of being lengthened in durationmusic - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

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фермата