adagio

See also: adágio and adagiò

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

Noun

adagio (plural adagios)

1. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully.
2. (music) A passage having this mark.
3. (dance) A male-female duet or mixed trio ballet displaying demanding balance, spins and/or lifts.

Translations

tempo mark indicating that music is to be played slowly

• Interlingue:
• Italian: adagio (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: adágio (pt) m

Adverb

adagio (not comparable)

1. (music) Played rather slowly.

Adjective

adagio (not comparable)

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

Usage notes

• When repeated as "adagio, adagio" means even slower

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːˈdaː.dʒoː/, /aːˈdaː.(d)ʒi.oː/
• Hyphenation: ada‧gio

Etymology 1

From Latin adagium.

Noun

adagio n (plural adagio's, diminutive adagiootje n)

1. adage

Synonyms

• adagium

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

Noun

adagio n (plural adagio's, diminutive adagiootje n)

1. (music, dance) adagio

Adverb

adagio

1. (music) adagio

Adjective

adagio (not comparable)

1. (music) describing a passage having this mark

Inflection

Declension of adagio
uninflected	adagio
inflected	adagio
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		adagio
indefinite	m./f. sing.	adagio
	n. sing.	adagio
	plural	adagio
definite		adagio
partitive

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.da(d)ʒ.jo/

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Adverb

adagio

1. (music) adagio

Noun

adagio m (plural adagios)

1. (music) adagio

Further reading

• “adagio”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology 1

ad (“at”) +‎ agio (“ease”)

Adverb

adagio

1. slowly

Noun

adagio m (plural adagi)

1. (music) adagio

Verb

adagio

1. first-person singular present indicative of adagiare

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin adagium

Noun

adagio m (plural adagi)

1. proverb, adage or saying

See also

• aforismo
• proverbio
• apoftegma
• motto

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Latin

Noun

adagiō f (genitive adagiōnis); third declension

1. Alternative form of adagium

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	adagiō	adagiōnēs
Genitive	adagiōnis	adagiōnum
Dative	adagiōnī	adagiōnibus
Accusative	adagiōnem	adagiōnēs
Ablative	adagiōne	adagiōnibus
Vocative	adagiō	adagiōnēs

Noun

(deprecated template usage) adagiō

1. dative singular of adagium
2. ablative singular of adagium

References

• “adagio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• adagio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈdaxjo/ [aˈð̞a.xjo]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

Adverb

adagio

1. (music) adagio

Noun

adagio m (plural adagios)

1. (music) adagio

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin adagium.

Noun

adagio m (plural adagios)

1. adage (old saying)

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

Adverb

adagio

1. (music) adagio (slowly)

Noun

adagio n

1. (music) adagio

Declension

Declension of adagio
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	adagio	adagiot	adagion	adagiona
Genitive	adagios	adagiots	adagions	adagionas

References

• adagio in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)