allegro

== English == === Etymology === From Italian allegro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (US) /əˈlɛɡɹoʊ/, /əˈleɪɡɹoʊ/ === Noun === allegro (plural allegros) (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a quick, lively tempo, faster than allegretto but slower than presto. (music, more traditionally) An expressive mark indicating that a passage is to be played in a lively or happy manner, not necessarily quickly. (music) A passage having this mark. ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === allegro (not comparable) (music) played in a quick, lively tempo ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === allegro (not comparable) (music) in a quick and lively manner ==== Translations ==== === Derived terms === == Finnish == === Etymology === Italian allegro === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑlːe(ː)ɡro/, [ˈɑ̝lːe̞(ː)ɡro̞] Rhymes: -ɑlːeɡro Syllabification(key): al‧leg‧ro Hyphenation(key): al‧leg‧ro === Noun === allegro (music) allegro (tempo mark; passage with this mark) ==== Declension ==== === Adverb === allegro (music) allegro (in a quick and lively manner) == French == === Alternative forms === allégro (post-1990 spelling) === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian allegro, itself borrowed from French allègre. Doublet of allègre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.le.ɡʁo/ === Noun === allegro m (plural allegros) allegro === Adverb === allegro allegro === Further reading === “allegro”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alˈle.ɡro/, /alˈlɛ.ɡro/ Rhymes: -eɡro, -ɛɡro Hyphenation: al‧lé‧gro, al‧lè‧gro === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French allègre, from Latin alacer (“lively; happy, cheerful”). Compare the doublet alacre. ==== Adjective ==== allegro (feminine allegra, masculine plural allegri, feminine plural allegre, superlative allegrissimo) cheerful mirthful ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== allegro first-person singular present indicative of allegrare === References === === Anagrams === allergo-, gallerò, legarlo == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Italian allegro. === Adverb === allegro (music) allegro === Noun === allegro m (definite singular allegroen, indefinite plural allegroar, definite plural allegroane) (music) an allegro ==== Usage notes ==== Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was also considered grammatically neuter. === References === “allegro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Italian allegro. Doublet of alegre. === Adjective === allegro (invariable) alternative form of alegro === Adverb === allegro (not comparable) alternative form of alegro === Noun === allegro m (plural allegri) alternative form of alegro === Further reading === “allegro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “allegro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Italian allegro. === Adverb === allegro allegro === Noun === allegro n (uncountable) allegro ==== Declension ====