allegro

See also: Allegro, allégro, and allegrò

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian allegro.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈlɛɡɹoʊ/, IPA^(key): /əˈleɪɡɹoʊ/

Noun

allegro (plural allegros)

1. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a quick, lively tempo, faster than allegretto but slower than presto
2. (music) In more traditional use, an expressive marking indicating lively or happily, not necessarily quick or fast.
3. (music) A passage having this mark

Translations

tempo mark indicating a quick, lively tempo

• Greek: αλλέγκρο n (allégkro)

a passage to be played in a quick, lively tempo

• Portuguese: allegro (pt) m, alegro (pt) m

Adverb

allegro (not comparable)

1. (music) played in a quick, lively tempo

Translations

in a quick, lively tempo

• Portuguese: allegro (pt), alegro (pt)

Adjective

allegro (not comparable)

1. (music) in a quick and lively manner

Translations

played in a quick, lively tempo

• Greek: αλλέγκρο (allégkro)

• Portuguese: allegro (pt), alegro (pt)

Anagrams

• gallore

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French

Alternative forms

• allégro

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian allegro, itself borrowed from French allègre.

Noun

allegro m (plural allegros)

1. allegro

Adverb

allegro

1. allegro

Further reading

• “allegro” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from French allègre, from Latin alacer (“lively; happy, cheerful”). Compare the inherited doublet alacre.

Adjective

allegro (feminine singular allegra, masculine plural allegri, feminine plural allegre)

1. cheerful
2. mirthful

Derived terms

• allegretto
• allegrezza
• allegria
• allegramente

Descendants

• Greek: αλέγρος (alégros)

Anagrams

• legarlo

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alegro

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian allegro. Doublet of alegre.

Adjective

allegro (plural allegro, comparable)

1. (music) allegro (played in a quick, lively tempo)

Adverb

allegro (not comparable)

1. (music) allegro (in a quick, lively tempo)

Noun

allegro m (plural allegros)

1. (music) allegro (a passage to be played in a quick, lively tempo)