FERMATA (fermate)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: fermate   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does fermata mean? 

• FERMATA (noun)
  The noun FERMATA has 2 senses:

1. a musical notation (over a note or chord or rest) that indicates it is to be prolonged by an unspecified amount

2. (music) a prolongation of unspecified length on a note or chord or rest

  Familiarity information: FERMATA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FERMATA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A musical notation (over a note or chord or rest) that indicates it is to be prolonged by an unspecified amount

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("fermata" is a kind of...):

musical notation ((music) notation used by musicians)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(music) a prolongation of unspecified length on a note or chord or rest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("fermata" is a kind of...):

continuation; lengthiness; prolongation; protraction (the consequence of being lengthened in duration)

Domain category:

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)