How to pronounce fermata
American English pronunciation
fur-MAH-tuh
- IPA
- /fɚˈmɑtə/
- Syllables
- fur · MAH · tuh (3 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What fermata means
A sign telling a player to hold a note longer
In a sentence: At the fermata, the choir held the last note until the teacher closed her hand.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed from Italian, from a verb meaning to stop.
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