Definition of rallentando

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ral·len·tan·do    (rln-tnd, rälln-tänd) KEY  Music

ADVERB:
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ADJECTIVE:

Gradually slackening in tempo; ritardando. Used chiefly as a direction.

NOUN:
pl. ral·len·tan·dos

A rallentando passage or movement.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Italian, present participle of rallentare, to slow down : re-, intensive pref. (from Latin; see re-) + allentare, to slow down (from Late Latin allentre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin lentus, slow)