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adagio
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian adagio.
Noun
adagio (plural adagios)
- (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully.
- (music) A passage having this mark.
- (dance) A male-female duet or mixed trio ballet displaying demanding balance, spins and/or lifts.
Translations
Adverb
adagio (not comparable)
- (music) Played rather slowly.
Adjective
adagio (not comparable)
- (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)
- adage
Synonyms
- adagium
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Italian adagio.
Noun
adagio n (plural adagio's, diminutive adagiootje n)
- (music, dance) adagio
Adverb
adagio
- (music) adagio
Adjective
adagio (not comparable)
- (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
- (music) adagio
Noun
adagio m (plural adagios)
- (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
- slowly
Noun
adagio m (plural adagi)
- (music) adagio
Verb
adagio
- first-person singular present indicative of adagiare
Etymology 2
From Latin adagium.
Noun
adagio m (plural adagi)
- proverb, adage or saying
See also
- aforismo
- proverbio
- apoftegma
- motto
Latin
Noun
adagi? f (genitive adagi?nis); third declension
- Alternative form of adagium
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Noun
adagi?
- dative singular of adagium
- 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
- (music) adagio
Noun
adagio m (definite singular adagioen, indefinite plural adagioer, definite plural adagioene)
- (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
- (music) adagio
Noun
adagio m (definite singular adagioen, indefinite plural adagioar, definite plural adagioane)
- (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)
- adagio
Declension
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?daxjo/, [a?ð?a.xjo]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Italian adagio.
Adverb
adagio
- (music) adagio
Noun
adagio m (plural adagios)
- (music) adagio
Etymology 2
From Latin adagium.
Noun
adagio m (plural adagios)
- 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
- (music) adagio (slowly)
Noun
adagio n
- (music) adagio
Declension
References
- adagio in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
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moderato
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian moderato. Doublet of moderate.
Noun
moderato (plural moderatos)
- (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at a moderate tempo.
- Synonym: comodo
- (music) A passage having this mark
Translations
Adverb
moderato
- (music) played in this style
Related terms
- allegro moderato
- andante moderato
Adjective
moderato
- (music) (to be) played in this style
Translations
Italian
Verb
moderato m (feminine singular moderata, masculine plural moderati, feminine plural moderate)
- past participle of moderare
- past participle of moderarsi
Adjective
moderato (feminine moderata, masculine plural moderati, feminine plural moderate)
- moderate
- Antonym: smoderato
- restrained, controlled
Derived terms
- moderatamente
- smoderato
Anagrams
- domatore
Latin
Verb
moder?t?
- second-person singular future active imperative of moder?
- third-person singular future active imperative of moder?
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