andante

English

Etymology

Italian

Noun

andante (plural andantes)

1. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo; faster than adagio but slower than allegretto.
2. (music) A passage having this mark.

Adverb

andante (not comparable)

1. (music) Played at a moderately slow tempo.

Adjective

andante (not comparable)

1. (music) Describing a passage having this mark.

Anagrams

• Dantean

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Finnish

Etymology

Italian

Noun

andante

1. andante

Declension

Rarely declined.

Declension of andante (type nalle) singular plural nominative andante andantet genitive andanten andantejen andantein1 partitive andantea andanteja accusative andante andanten andantet inessive andantessa andanteissa elative andantesta andanteista illative andanteen andanteihin adessive andantella andanteilla ablative andantelta andanteilta allative andantelle andanteille essive andantena andanteina translative andanteksi andanteiksi instructive – andantein abessive andantetta andanteitta comitative – andanteineen 1) Rare.

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French

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Adverb

andante

1. (music) andante

Noun

andante m (plural andantes)

1. (music) andante

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Italian

Verb

andante

1. Present participle of andare.

Adjective

andante m, f (masculine and feminine plural andanti)

1. cheap, second-rate
2. continuous, unbroken

Anagrams

• dannate

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA: /ɐ̃.ˈdɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
• (South Brazil) IPA: /ɐ̃.ˈdɐ̃.te/

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese andante, from andar (“to walk”) + -ante.

Adjective

andante m and f (plural andantes; comparable)

1. who roams, wanders

   Cavaleiro andante.

   Knight-errant.

Synonyms

• erradio, errante, itinerante, vagabundo, vagamundo, vagante

Related terms

• andada
• andador
• andamento
• andança

• andar
• andarilhar
• andarilho

Noun

andante m and f (plural andantes)

1. roamer (one who roams)

Synonyms

• itinerante, vagabundo

See also

• ambulante

Etymology 2

From Italian andante (“going”).

Noun

andante m (plural andantes)

1. (music) andante (passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo)

Adjective

andante m and f (plural andantes; comparable)

1. (music) andante (played in a moderately slow tempo)

Coordinate terms

• alegro, adágio

Related terms

• andantino