Noun: decrescendo
| Singular | decrescendo |
| Plural | decrescendos; decrescendi |
Sample Sentences
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The peace was ended by the sound of an approaching train, the steady exhaust beat that has its own appeal, and amid a cloud of steam a rebuilt "Scot" burst from under the bridge at the south end of the station, and roared past at high speed. A long line of lighted windows flashed past, and then, in decrescendo, the sound and fury passed northwards. [1954 January, H. P. White, “Vignettes of the Rail”, in Railway Magazine, page 53:]
Nouns inflected like decrescendo
sbirro,
vetturino,
capocollo,
clavicembalo,
decrescendo,
scherzando,
bambino,
concerto,
descrescendo,
zufolo,
stornello,
cavaletto,
inamorato,
zuffolo,
secondo,
rifacimento,
paesano,
pianissimo,
palazzo,
pandoro, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian decrescendo.