doppia

Twice in Italian

Doppia is Italian for "double," appearing in English mainly in musical contexts.

A doppia corda is a double-string technique on violin.

In coffee culture, a doppia is a double shot of espresso: I'll have a doppia, please.

The word sometimes appears in Italian loanphrases or on menus at Italian restaurants.

music

octave

Eight-note interval

  • baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
  • organBody's working component
  • registerRecord officially; vocal range

bass · reed · pipe · stop · counterpoint · fugue · interval · harmonics · pitch · resonance

espresso

ristretto

Concentrated espresso extraction

caffè · macchiato · extraction · demitasse · Italian · roast · grind · shot · concentrated · bold

malt

Trappist

Monk of austere order

bottle-conditioned · yeast · strong · ale · golden · tripel · monastic · craft · ABV · malty

Opposites
quantity/multiplicity

doppiasingle

One in number

solo · half

simplicity vs. complexity

doppiasingle

One in number

basic · plain

Family

double, doubly, doubled, doubling, doubles, doublet, duple, duplex, duplicate

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