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multimovement en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyeti Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old French movoir Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Old French movementbor. Middle English mevement English movement English multimovement From multi- + movement.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to more than one physical movement.
  2. (not-comparable) Divided into several movements.
    • Asked to write a set of voluntaries, Mendelssohn — who admitted in an 1844 letter to Coventry that he did not understand what the term meant — fashioned a series of small pieces, then arranged them into multimovement works for publication in 1845. 2009 February 3, Steve Smith, “Pomp and Mendelssohn With Fluid Pedal Work”, in New York Times: