crescendo

*gʰreh₁- (Proto-Indo-European)

to grow

*kor (Proto-Indo-European)

crescendum (Latin)

crescendus (Latin)

crescendo (Italian)

(figuratively) crescendo. (music) crescendo (gerund of crescere) growing, increasing.

crescendo (English)

To increase in intensity, to reach or head for a crescendo. (figuratively) A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax.. (figuratively, nonstandard) The climax of a gradual increase.. (music) An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left (