andante

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian andante. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ænˈdæn.ti/, /ænˈdæn.teɪ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɑnˈdɑn(ˌ)teɪ/, /ænˈdæn.ti/ Rhymes: -ænti, -ænteɪ, -ɑːnteɪ Hyphenation: an‧dan‧te === Noun === andante (plural andantes) (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo; faster than adagio but slower than moderato. (music) A passage having this mark. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === andante (not comparable) (music) Played at a moderately slow tempo. === Adjective === andante (not comparable) (music) Describing a passage having this mark. === Anagrams === Dantean == Finnish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian andante. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑndɑnt(ː)e/, [ˈɑ̝ndɑ̝n̪t̪(ː)e̞] Rhymes: -ɑndɑnte Syllabification(key): an‧dan‧te Hyphenation(key): an‧dan‧te === Noun === andante (music) andante ==== Declension ==== Rarely declined. === Further reading === “andante”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian andante. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.dɑ̃t/, /an.dan.te/ Homophone: andantes === Adverb === andante (music) andante === Noun === andante m (plural andantes) (music) andante === Further reading === “andante”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Present participle of andare. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /anˈdan.te/ Rhymes: -ante Hyphenation: an‧dàn‧te === Adjective === andante m or f by sense (plural andanti, diminutive andantino) going, walking current (month) continuous, unbroken ordinary, of little value agile ==== Derived terms ==== andantemente === Noun === andante m (plural andanti) (music) (music) andante ==== Descendants ==== === Adverb === andante (music) andante Alternative forms: and.e, ad.e === Participle === andante m or f by sense (plural andanti) present participle of andare === References === === Further reading === andante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === dannate == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ Hyphenation: an‧dan‧te === Etymology 1 === From Old Galician-Portuguese andante, from andar (“to walk”) + -ante. ==== Adjective ==== andante m or f (plural andantes) who roams, wanders Synonyms: erradio, errante, itinerante, vagabundo, vagamundo, vagante Cavaleiro andante. ― Knight-errant. ===== Related terms ===== ==== Noun ==== andante m or f by sense (plural andantes) roamer (one who roams) Synonyms: itinerante, vagabundo ==== See also ==== ambulante === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Italian andante (“going”). ==== Noun ==== andante m (plural andantes) (music) andante (passage to be played in a moderately slow tempo) ==== Adjective ==== andante m or f (plural andantes) (music) andante (played in a moderately slow tempo) Coordinate terms: adágio, alegro ===== Related terms ===== andantino === Further reading === “andante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “andante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Italian andante. === Adverb === andante andante == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /anˈdante/ [ãn̪ˈd̪ãn̪.t̪e] Rhymes: -ante Syllabification: an‧dan‧te === Etymology 1 === From andar (“to walk”) +‎ -ante. ==== Adjective ==== andante m or f (masculine and feminine plural andantes) walking, who roams, who wanders, errant Caballero andante. ― Knight-errant. ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Noun ==== andante m or f by sense (plural andantes) roamer (one who roams) ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Italian andante (“going”). ==== Noun ==== andante m (plural andantes) (music) a tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo; faster than adagio but slower than allegretto (music) a passage having this mark ==== Adjective ==== andante m or f (masculine and feminine plural andantes) (music) played in a moderately slow tempo ==== Adverb ==== andante (music) with a moderately slow tempo === Further reading === “andante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish andante, from Italian andante (“going; walking”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔanˈdante/ [ʔɐn̪ˈd̪an̪.t̪ɛ] Rhymes: -ante Syllabification: an‧dan‧te === Noun === andante (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜈ᜔ᜇᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ) (music) andante (moderately slow tempo) ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “andante”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018 Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 34