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tutti

[ too-tee; Italian toot-tee ]

adjective

  1. all; all the voices or instruments together.
  2. intended for or performed by all (or most of ) the voices or instruments together, as a passage or movement in concert music ( solo ).


noun

, plural tut·tis.
  1. a tutti passage or movement.
  2. the tonal product or effect of a tutti performance.

tutti

/ ˈtʊtɪ /

adjective

  1. See soli
    music to be performed by the whole orchestra, choir, etc Compare soli


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tutti1

1715–25; < Italian, plural of tutto all

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tutti1

C18: from Italian, pl of tutto all, from Latin tōtus

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Example Sentences

My answer would be conservative Capo de tutti capi Roger Ailes and Fox News.

Since Beethoven the form has been often modified, more especially the long introductory tutti omitted or cut short.

Cf. Catalogo di tutti gli edifici sacri della citt di Napoli in Arch.

I wish you saved that, Grace, and gave away the marshmallow; I just love tutti-frutti, declared Cleo.

I hated it, but nobly sacrificed myself and gave her tutti-frutti and gained character every evening of our honeymoon!

I did the rest—with the aid of a clergyman, whom I tipped even more liberally than the waiter who served us tutti-frutti.

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