different between adagio vs adage

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

Noun

adagio (plural adagios)

1. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully.
2. (music) A passage having this mark.
3. (dance) A male-female duet or mixed trio ballet displaying demanding balance, spins and/or lifts.

Translations

Adverb

adagio (not comparable)

1. (music) Played rather slowly.

Adjective

adagio (not comparable)

1. (music) Describing a passage having this mark.

Usage notes

• When repeated as "adagio, adagio" means even slower

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??da?.d?o?/, /a??da?.(d)?i.o?/
• Hyphenation: ada?gio

Etymology 1

From Latin adagium.

Noun

adagio n (plural adagio's, diminutive adagiootje n)

1. adage

Synonyms

• adagium

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

Noun

adagio n (plural adagio's, diminutive adagiootje n)

1. (music, dance) adagio

Adverb

adagio

1. (music) adagio

Adjective

adagio (not comparable)

1. (music) describing a passage having this mark

Inflection

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.da(d)?.jo/

Adverb

adagio

1. (music) adagio

Noun

adagio m (plural adagios)

1. (music) adagio

Further reading

• “adagio” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology 1

ad (“at”) +? agio (“ease”)

Adverb

adagio

1. slowly

Noun

adagio m (plural adagi)

1. (music) adagio

Verb

adagio

1. first-person singular present indicative of adagiare

Etymology 2

From Latin adagium.

Noun

adagio m (plural adagi)

1. proverb, adage or saying

See also

• aforismo
• proverbio
• apoftegma
• motto

Latin

Noun

adagi? f (genitive adagi?nis); third declension

1. Alternative form of adagium

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Noun

adagi?

1. dative singular of adagium
2. ablative singular of adagium

References

• adagio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• adagio in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian adagio (“slowly”).

Adverb

adagio

1. (music) adagio

Noun

adagio m (definite singular adagioen, indefinite plural adagioer, definite plural adagioene)

1. (music) an adagio

Usage notes

• Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was also considered grammatically neuter.

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian adagio (“slowly”).

Adverb

adagio

1. (music) adagio

Noun

adagio m (definite singular adagioen, indefinite plural adagioar, definite plural adagioane)

1. (music) an adagio

Usage notes

• Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was also considered grammatically neuter.

References

Romanian

Etymology

From Italian adagio.

Noun

adagio n (uncountable)

1. adagio

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?daxjo/, [a?ð?a.xjo]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

Adverb

adagio

1. (music) adagio

Noun

adagio m (plural adagios)

1. (music) adagio

Etymology 2

From Latin adagium.

Noun

adagio m (plural adagios)

1. adage (old saying)

Further reading

• “adagio” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

Adverb

adagio

1. (music) adagio (slowly)

Noun

adagio n

1. (music) adagio

Declension

References

• adagio in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French adage, from Latin ad??gium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ.d?d?/

Noun

adage (plural adages)

1. An old saying which has obtained credit by long use.

   Synonyms: proverb, colloquialism, apophthegm; see also Thesaurus:saying

2. An old saying which has been overused or considered a cliché; a trite maxim.

   Synonym: old saw

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• adage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Gadea

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin adagium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.da?/

Noun

adage m (plural adages)

1. adage

Further reading

• “adage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).