allegretto

See also: allégretto and Allegretto

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian allegretto, diminutive form of allegro.

Adverb

allegretto (not comparable)

1. (music) To be played rather fast and lively.

Related terms

• allegrissimo
• allegro

Translations

musical direction

• Catalan: allegretto (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小快板 (zh) (xiǎokuàibǎn)

• Estonian: allegretto (et)
• French: allégretto (fr)
• German: allegretto (de)
• Greek: αλεγκρέτο (el) (alegkréto)
• Norwegian: allegretto (no)
• Polish: allegretto (pl)
• Portuguese: alegreto
• Romanian: allegretto (ro)
• Russian: аллегре́тто (ru) (allegrétto)
• Swedish: allegretto (sv)

Noun

allegretto (plural allegrettos)

1. (music) A movement in this time.
   • 1880, Edmund Gurney, The Power of Sound, page 99:

     It was only after the conception had received its fullest due, and the vast and complex organism its perfect development, that the certainty arose of an effect on human emotion comparable to that which was born when the opening bars of the allegretto in Beethoven's Seventh Symphony had been played for the first time, and the idea of them was from that moment alive and abroad in the world.

Translations

a movement that is to be played fast and lively

• French: allégretto (fr) m
• German: Allegretto n
• Polish: allegretto (pl) n
• Portuguese: alegreto m
• Romanian: allegretto (ro) m
• Russian: аллегре́тто (ru) n (allegrétto)
• Swedish: allegretto (sv) n

Finnish

Etymology

Italian allegretto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑlːeɡretːo/, [ˈɑ̝lːe̞ɡˌre̞t̪ːo̞]
• Rhymes: -etːo
• Syllabification^(key): al‧leg‧ret‧to
• Hyphenation^(key): al‧leg‧ret‧to

Noun

allegretto

1. (music) allegretto (tempo mark; passage with this mark)

Declension

Inflection of allegretto (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt–t gradation)
nominative		allegretto	allegretot
genitive		allegreton	allegrettojen
partitive		allegrettoa	allegrettoja
illative		allegrettoon	allegrettoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		allegretto	allegretot
accusative	nom.	allegretto	allegretot
	gen.	allegreton
genitive		allegreton	allegrettojen
partitive		allegrettoa	allegrettoja
inessive		allegretossa	allegretoissa
elative		allegretosta	allegretoista
illative		allegrettoon	allegrettoihin
adessive		allegretolla	allegretoilla
ablative		allegretolta	allegretoilta
allative		allegretolle	allegretoille
essive		allegrettona	allegrettoina
translative		allegretoksi	allegretoiksi
abessive		allegretotta	allegretoitta
instructive		—	allegretoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of allegretto (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt–t gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative allegrettoni allegrettoni accusative nom. allegrettoni allegrettoni gen. allegrettoni genitive allegrettoni allegrettojeni partitive allegrettoani allegrettojani inessive allegretossani allegretoissani elative allegretostani allegretoistani illative allegrettooni allegrettoihini adessive allegretollani allegretoillani ablative allegretoltani allegretoiltani allative allegretolleni allegretoilleni essive allegrettonani allegrettoinani translative allegretokseni allegretoikseni abessive allegretottani allegretoittani instructive — — comitative — allegrettoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative allegrettosi allegrettosi accusative nom. allegrettosi allegrettosi gen. allegrettosi genitive allegrettosi allegrettojesi partitive allegrettoasi allegrettojasi inessive allegretossasi allegretoissasi elative allegretostasi allegretoistasi illative allegrettoosi allegrettoihisi adessive allegretollasi allegretoillasi ablative allegretoltasi allegretoiltasi allative allegretollesi allegretoillesi essive allegrettonasi allegrettoinasi translative allegretoksesi allegretoiksesi abessive allegretottasi allegretoittasi instructive — — comitative — allegrettoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative allegrettomme allegrettomme accusative nom. allegrettomme allegrettomme gen. allegrettomme genitive allegrettomme allegrettojemme partitive allegrettoamme allegrettojamme inessive allegretossamme allegretoissamme elative allegretostamme allegretoistamme illative allegrettoomme allegrettoihimme adessive allegretollamme allegretoillamme ablative allegretoltamme allegretoiltamme allative allegretollemme allegretoillemme essive allegrettonamme allegrettoinamme translative allegretoksemme allegretoiksemme abessive allegretottamme allegretoittamme instructive — — comitative — allegrettoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative allegrettonne allegrettonne accusative nom. allegrettonne allegrettonne gen. allegrettonne genitive allegrettonne allegrettojenne partitive allegrettoanne allegrettojanne inessive allegretossanne allegretoissanne elative allegretostanne allegretoistanne illative allegrettoonne allegrettoihinne adessive allegretollanne allegretoillanne ablative allegretoltanne allegretoiltanne allative allegretollenne allegretoillenne essive allegrettonanne allegrettoinanne translative allegretoksenne allegretoiksenne abessive allegretottanne allegretoittanne instructive — — comitative — allegrettoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative allegrettonsa allegrettonsa accusative nom. allegrettonsa allegrettonsa gen. allegrettonsa genitive allegrettonsa allegrettojensa partitive allegrettoaan allegrettoansa allegrettojaan allegrettojansa inessive allegretossaan allegretossansa allegretoissaan allegretoissansa elative allegretostaan allegretostansa allegretoistaan allegretoistansa illative allegrettoonsa allegrettoihinsa adessive allegretollaan allegretollansa allegretoillaan allegretoillansa ablative allegretoltaan allegretoltansa allegretoiltaan allegretoiltansa allative allegretolleen allegretollensa allegretoilleen allegretoillensa essive allegrettonaan allegrettonansa allegrettoinaan allegrettoinansa translative allegretokseen allegretoksensa allegretoikseen allegretoiksensa abessive allegretottaan allegretottansa allegretoittaan allegretoittansa instructive — — comitative — allegrettoineen allegrettoinensa

Adverb

allegretto

1. (music) allegretto (in a rather fast and lively manner)

Further reading

• “allegretto”, 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 14 May 2026

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.le.ɡʁɛ.to/ ~ /a.le.ɡʁe.to/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Adverb

allegretto

1. allegretto

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian allegretto.

Adverb

allegretto

1. (music) allegretto

   Synonym: sedikit cepat

Further reading

• “allegretto”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Etymology

From allegro +‎ -etto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.leˈɡret.to/
• Rhymes: -etto
• Hyphenation: al‧le‧grét‧to

Adverb

allegretto

1. (music) allegretto

Noun

allegretto m (plural allegretti)

1. diminutive of allegro
2. (music) allegretto

Further reading

• allegretto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Maltese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Italian allegro

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Late Latin -ittus

Italian -etto

Italian allegrettobor.

Maltese allegretto

Borrowed from Italian allegretto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.lɛɡˈrɛt.tɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɛttɔ

Noun

allegretto m (plural allegretti)

1. (music) allegretto

Related terms

• allegra
• allegrament
• allegrija
• allegro
• allegru

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian allegretto.

Adverb

allegretto

1. (music) allegretto

Noun

allegretto m (definite singular allegrettoen, indefinite plural allegrettoar, definite plural allegrettoane)

1. (music) an allegretto

Usage notes

• Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was also considered grammatically neuter.

References

• “allegretto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian allegretto.

Adverb

allegretto (not comparable)

1. alternative spelling of alegreto

Noun

allegretto m (plural allegretti)

1. alternative spelling of alegreto

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian allegretto.

Adverb

allegretto

1. allegretto

Noun

allegretto n (uncountable)

1. allegretto

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	allegretto	allegrettoul
genitive-dative	allegretto	allegrettoului
vocative	allegrettoule