sordiino

== Finnish == === Etymology === < Italian sordino (“mute”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsordiːno/, [ˈs̠o̞rdiːno̞] Rhymes: -ordiːno Syllabification(key): sor‧dii‧no Hyphenation(key): sor‧dii‧no === Noun === sordiino (music) mute, sordine (device for dulling the sound of an instrument) (figuratively, idiomatic) inability or unwillingness to speak, keeping a low profile (usually in the phrase sordiino päällä) ==== Declension ==== === References === Mute (music) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Further reading === “sordiino”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023