scherzo
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian scherzo (“joke, play”), from scherzare (“to joke, jest”), from Lombardic *skerzan (“to jump merrily, enjoy oneself, jest”), from Proto-Germanic *skertaną (“to hop, jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerǝd- (“to dance, jump”). Akin to Middle High German scherzen (“to frolic, jump merrily, hop up and down”) (modern German scherzen (“to joke”), Scherz), Norwegian skjerta (“to joke”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈskɛətsəʊ/, /ˈskɜːt-/
Audio (UK): (file) - (General American) enPR: skĕrʹtsō('), skĕrtʹsō('), IPA(key): /ˈskɛəɹ(ˌ)tsoʊ/, /ˈskɛəɹtˌsoʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɛəɹtsəʊ, -ɜː(ɹ)tsəʊ, -ɛə(ɹ)tsəʊ
- Hyphenation: scher‧zo
Noun
scherzo (plural scherzos or scherzi)
- (music) A piece of music or a movement from a larger piece such as a symphony; especially, a piece of music played in a playful manner.
- 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers:
- At seven Val knocked – three shorts and one long, out of the scherzo of Beethoven’s Fifth – and I rushed to open.
Translations
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See also
Further reading
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈskertso/, [ˈs̠k̟e̞rts̠o̞]
- Rhymes: -ertso
Noun
scherzo
Declension
| Inflection of scherzo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | scherzo | scherzot | |
| genitive | scherzon | scherzojen | |
| partitive | scherzoa | scherzoja | |
| illative | scherzoon | scherzoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | scherzo | scherzot | |
| accusative | nom. | scherzo | scherzot |
| gen. | scherzon | ||
| genitive | scherzon | scherzojen | |
| partitive | scherzoa | scherzoja | |
| inessive | scherzossa | scherzoissa | |
| elative | scherzosta | scherzoista | |
| illative | scherzoon | scherzoihin | |
| adessive | scherzolla | scherzoilla | |
| ablative | scherzolta | scherzoilta | |
| allative | scherzolle | scherzoille | |
| essive | scherzona | scherzoina | |
| translative | scherzoksi | scherzoiksi | |
| abessive | scherzotta | scherzoitta | |
| instructive | — | scherzoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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French
Noun
scherzo m (plural scherzos)
Further reading
- “scherzo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsker.t͡so/
- Rhymes: -ertso
- Hyphenation: schér‧zo
Etymology 1
Deverbal from scherzare (“to joke, play, jest”) + -o, from Old Italian scherzare, borrowed from Lombardic *skerzan (“to jump merrily, enjoy oneself, jest”) from Proto-Germanic *skertaną (“to hop, jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerǝd- (“to dance, jump”). Akin to Middle High German scherzen (“to frolic, jump merrily, hop up and down”) (German scherzen (“to joke”); Scherz (“joke, sport”)), Norwegian skjerta (“to joke”).
Noun
scherzo m (plural scherzi)
- joke, jest, trick, hoax, frolic
- (figurative) joke, trifle, cinch (something easy to do)
- (music) scherzo (piece of music played in a playful manner)
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
scherzo
- first-person singular present indicative of scherzare
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Italian scherzo.
Noun
scherzo n (plural scherzouri)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | scherzo | scherzoul | scherzouri | scherzourile | |
| genitive-dative | scherzo | scherzoului | scherzouri | scherzourilor | |
| vocative | scherzoule | scherzourilor | |||