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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RIPIENO

Ri *pi *e "no, a. Etym: [It. ] (Mus. )

Defn: Filling up; supplementary; supernumerary; -- a term applied to those instruments which only swell the mass or tutti of an orchestra, but are not obbligato.

New American Oxford Dictionary

ripieno

ri pie no |ripˈyānō rɪpˈjeɪnoʊ | ▶noun ( pl. ripienos or ripieni |-nē | ) [ usu. as modifier ] Music the body of instruments accompanying the concertino in baroque concerto music: the concertino is accompanied by ripieno strings. ORIGIN early 18th cent. (in the sense ‘supplementary ’): from Italian, from ri- (expressing intensive force ) + pieno ‘full. ’

Oxford Dictionary

ripieno

ripieno |ˌrɪpɪˈeɪnəʊ | ▶noun ( pl. ripienos or ripieni |-ni | ) [ usu. as modifier ] Music the body of instruments accompanying the concertino in baroque concerto music: the concertino is accompanied by ripieno strings. ORIGIN early 18th cent. (in the sense ‘supplementary ’): from Italian, from ri- ‘again ’ + pieno ‘full ’.

Duden Dictionary

ripieno

ri pi e no Adverb Musik |ripi e no |mit vollem Orchester Abkürzung: rip.

Ripieno

Ri pi e no Substantiv, Neutrum Musik , das |Ripi e no |das Ripieno; Genitiv: des Ripieno, Plural: die Ripienos und Ripieni italienisch ripieno, eigentlich = (an )gefüllt (im 17./18. Jahrhundert und besonders beim Concerto grosso ) volles Orchester im Gegensatz zum Concertino 2