different between adhoc vs impromptu
adhoc
Latin
Etymology
Univerbation of ad +? h?c, a variant of h?c (“to this place, hither”) - confer ill?c/ill?c.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a?do?k/, [ä?d?o?k]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a?dok/, [??d??k]
Adverb
adh?c (not comparable)
- Alternative form of adh?c
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impromptu
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French impromptu.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?m?p??mptju/
- (US) IPA(key): /?m?p??mpt(j)u/
Adjective
impromptu (not comparable)
- Improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal.
- Synonyms: extemporaneous, unplanned; see also Thesaurus:impromptu
Translations
Noun
impromptu (plural impromptus)
- (music) A short musical composition for an informal occasion often with the character of improvisation and usually to be played solo.
- 1997, Christopher H. Gibbs, The Cambridge Companion to Schubert, Cambridge University Press (?ISBN), page 168:
- The second impromptu is a dance-like Allegretto in A flat major, with a trio in D flat major employing arpeggiated textures.
- 1997, Christopher H. Gibbs, The Cambridge Companion to Schubert, Cambridge University Press (?ISBN), page 168:
- (by extension) Any composition, musical or otherwise, that is created on the spot without preparation.
Translations
French
Etymology
Univerbation of the Latin adverbial locution in pr?mpt? (“ready, at hand”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.p???p.ty/
Adjective
impromptu (feminine singular impromptue, masculine plural impromptus, feminine plural impromptues)
- improvised, not planned.
Noun
impromptu m (plural impromptus)
- improvised action
- Synonym: improviste
- (music) impromptu
- Synonyms: improvisation, impro
Further reading
- “impromptu” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French impromptu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /im?prom.ptu/
- Rhymes: -u
Noun
impromptu m (invariable)
- (music) impromptu
- Synonym: improvviso
Romanian
Etymology
From French impromptu
Noun
impromptu n (plural impromptuuri)
- impromptu
Declension
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