different between adagio vs larghetto

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

Italian, diminutive of largo.

Adjective

larghetto (not comparable)

1. (music) Slower than adagio but not as slow as largo; nearly andantino.

   Play larghetto here, even though it’s marked largo.

Noun

larghetto (countable and uncountable, plural larghettos)

1. The larghetto tempo.

   Which tempo do you want, largo or larghetto?

2. A composition or movement to be played larghetto.

   The larghetto from this suite is one of the composer’s most evocative works.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the Italian diminutive of largo.

Adverb

larghetto

1. (music) larghetto

Noun

larghetto m (definite singular larghettoen, indefinite plural larghettoer, definite plural larghettoene)

1. (music) an larghetto

Usage notes

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

References

• “larghetto” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the Italian diminutive of largo.

Adverb

larghetto

1. (music) larghetto

Noun

larghetto m (definite singular larghettoen, indefinite plural larghettoar, definite plural larghettoane)

1. (music) an larghetto

References

• “larghetto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.