different between adagio vs mayonnaise

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 French mayonnaise, possibly named after the city Maó (Mahón in Spanish), Minorca, whence the recipe was brought back to France. Compare Spanish mahonesa. Alternative suggested origins include the city of Bayonne (bayonnaise); the French word manier (“to handle”); the Old French moyeu (“egg yolk”); and the Duke of Mayenne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me?.?.ne?z/, /?me?.??ne?z/
• (General American, æ-tensing) also IPA^(key): /?mæn.e?z/, [?m??n-]
• Rhymes: -e?z

Noun

mayonnaise (countable and uncountable, plural mayonnaises)

1. A dressing made from vegetable oil, raw egg yolks and seasoning, used on salads, with french fries, in sandwiches etc.
2. Any cold dish with that dressing as an ingredient.

   We served a lobster mayonnaise as a starter.

4. Any cream, for example for moisturizing the face or conditioning the hair, for which the base is egg yolks and oil.

   hair mayonnaise, facial mayonnaise

   • 2016, Emma Tarlo, Entanglement: The Secret Lives of Hair, Oneworld Publications (?ISBN):

     They include cider vinegar, two pre-shampoo products, shampoo, conditioner, hair mayonnaise, oil, leave-in conditioner, end protector, revitalising styling spray and filtered water.

   • 2010, Rhea E. Santangelo, Grow It Girl! How I Took My Hair from Broken to Beautiful, Lulu.com (?ISBN), page 26:

     Then I implemented a lighter protein conditioner – such as hair mayonnaise, which I learned about from my cousin Renee – for the off weeks. I used this hidden gem in combination with olive oil (yes, I bought a kitchen bottle of olive oil – the same kind my grandmother used in every single delicious dish she ever cooked – strictly for use in my hair).

Synonyms

• mayo

Derived terms

• mayo
• mayonnaiselike
• mayonnaisey
• veganaise

Translations

Danish

Alternative forms

• majonæse

Etymology

From French mayonnaise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /majon??s?/, [m?jo?n??s?]

Noun

mayonnaise c (singular definite mayonnaisen, plural indefinite mayonnaiser)

1. mayonnaise

Inflection

French

Etymology

Possibly named after the city Maó, Minorca, whence the recipe was brought back to France. Alternative suggested origins include the city of Bayonne (bayonnaise); the French word manier (“to handle”); the Old French moyeu (“egg yolk”); and the Duke of Mayenne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.j?.n?z/

Noun

mayonnaise f (plural mayonnaises)

1. mayonnaise
2. (analogy, mechanics, familiar) milkshake (accidental emulsion of oil and water in an engine)

Descendants

• Danish: mayonnaise
• English: mayonnaise
• Greek: ????????? (magionéza)
• Japanese: ????? (mayon?zu)

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Noun

mayonnaise f (plural mayonnaises)

1. Dated spelling of maionese.