adagietto

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UK/əˌdæ(d)ʒiːˈɛtəʊ/UK/əˌdɑː(d)ʒiːˈɛtəʊ/

noun

A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played slightly faster than adagio.

OriginItalian adagietto →
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Meanings

nounadagietto (plural adagiettos)

plural adagiettos

  1. entertainmentA tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played slightly faster than adagio.
  2. entertainmentA passage having this mark.
  3. entertainmentA short adagio movement
adverbadagietto (not comparable)
  1. not comparableentertainmentMore lighthearted than adagio.
adjectiveadagietto (not comparable)
  1. not comparableentertainmentDescribing a passage having this mark.

Origin

  1. Italianadagietto
  2. Englishadagietto

Borrowed from Italian adagietto, a diminutive of adagio.

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Translations

French adagietto
  • adagiettopassage
Italian adagetto, adagietto
  • adagettopassage
  • adagiettopassage
Japanese アダージェット, アダジェット
  • アダージェット (adājetto)passage
  • アダジェット (adajetto)passage
Portuguese adagietto, adagieto
  • adagiettopassage
  • adagietopassage
Russian адажие́тто
  • адажие́тто (adažijétto)passage
Spanish adagietto
  • adagiettopassage
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APA

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Chicago

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