crescendo

kʁɛʃɑ̃do

Definition

Definition of crescendo - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

intensitémontée progressive en intensité d'une situation ou phénomène

Il y a eu un crescendo de violence dans les manifestations.

intensification

montée en puissance

musique

TECH.

augmentation progressive du volume sonore dans une œuvre musicale

TECH.

Le chef d'orchestre indique un crescendo dans cette mesure.

Adverb

progressionde manière à augmenter progressivement

La tension monte crescendo dans cette histoire.

petit à petit

progressivement

musique

TECH.

de façon à augmenter graduellement le volume sonore

TECH.

L'orchestre joue crescendo vers la fin du morceau.

graduellement

progressivement

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aller crescendo

augmenter progressivement en intensité ou en force

Les cris de la foule vont crescendo pendant le match.

monter en crescendo

augmenter progressivement en intensité ou en force

La tension monte en crescendo pendant le match de finale.

Origin of crescendo

italien, crescendo (augmentant)

Examples of crescendo in a sentence

On a observé un crescendo d'applaudissements dans la salle.
Le crescendo final a impressionné tout le public.
Un long crescendo accompagne l'entrée du soliste.
Les applaudissements ont augmenté crescendo jusqu'à l'ovation finale.
La musique s'intensifie crescendo tout au long du morceau.
Les applaudissements montent crescendo dans la salle.

La tension dramatique augmente crescendo tout au long du film.

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English:crescendo, increasingly, ...
German:Crescendo, crescendo, ...
Italian:crescendo, in crescendo, ...
Spanish:crescendo, en aumento, ...
Portuguese:crescendo, em crescendo, ...
Chinese:逐渐增强, 逐渐增强地, ...
Japanese:高まり, 徐々に, ...
Arabic:تصاعد تدريجي, تصاعديًا, ...
Hebrew:עֲלִיַּת שִׁיא, בְּהַגְבָּרָה הַדְרָגָתִית, ...
Russian:крешчендо, постепенно нарастая, ...
Ukrainian:крешчендо, поступово наростаючи, ...
Catalan:crescendo, en crescendo, ...
Danish:crescendo, gradvist, ...
Dutch:crescendo, in toenemende mate, ...
Greek:κλιμάκωση, σταδιακά αυξανόμενα, ...
Hungarian:fokozódás, egyre fokozódva, ...
Khmer:ការកើនឡើងជាលំដាប់, កាន់តែខ្លាំងឡើងៗ, ...
Korean:점진적 고조, 점점, ...
Polish:narastanie, stopniowo, ...
Portuguese (BR):crescendo, de forma crescente, ...
Romanian:crescendo, în crescendo, ...
Swedish:crescendo, gradvis, ...
Thai:การไต่ระดับ, อย่างต่อเนื่อง, ...
Turkish:krescendo, giderek artan şekilde, ...
Vietnamese:cao trào, dần dần tăng lên, ...

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Definition of crescendo - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

Adverb

Expressions with crescendo

Origin of crescendo

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Examples of crescendo in a sentence

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