adagietto

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian adagietto, a diminutive of adagio.

Pronunciation

Noun

adagietto (plural adagiettos)

  1. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played slightly faster than adagio.
  2. (music) A passage having this mark.
  3. (music) A short adagio movement

Translations

Adverb

adagietto (not comparable)

  1. (music) More lighthearted than adagio.

Adjective

adagietto (not comparable)

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

Italian

Etymology

From adagio +‎ -etto (diminutive suffix).

Noun

adagietto m (plural adagietti)

  1. (obsolete) alternative form of adagetto

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian adagietto, a diminutive of adagio.

Noun

adagietto m (plural adagiettos)

  1. (music) adagietto (passage played more lighthearted than adagio)

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian adagietto.

Adverb

adagietto

  1. adagietto
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