allegro
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈlɛɡɹoʊ/, IPA(key): /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) In more traditional use, an expressive marking indicating lively or happily, not necessarily quick or fast.
- (music) A passage having this mark
Translations
tempo mark indicating a quick, lively tempo
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French
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.le.ɡʁo/
Further reading
- “allegro” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French allègre, from Latin alacer (“lively; happy, cheerful”). Compare the inherited doublet alacre.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Greek: αλέγρος (alégros)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
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