allegro

See also: Allegro, allégro, and allegrò

English

Etymology

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, more, traditionally) An expressive mark indicating that a passage is to be played in a lively or happy manner, not necessarily quickly.
3. (music) A passage having this mark.
   • 1910 January 12, Ameen Rihani, “Subtranscendental”, in The Book of Khalid, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published October 1911, OCLC 6412012, book the second (In the Temple), page 116:

     And what mean these outbursts and objurgations of his, you will ask; these suggestions, furtive, rhapsodical, mystical; this furibund allegro about Money, Mediums, and Bohemia; [...]

Translations

tempo mark indicating a quick, lively tempo

• Greek: αλλέγκρο n (allégkro)

• Interlingue: allegro

passage to be played in a quick, lively tempo

• Interlingue: allegro

• 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

• Interlingue: allegro

• 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)
• Interlingue: allegro

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

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French

Alternative forms

• allégro

Etymology

From Italian allegro, itself borrowed from French allègre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.le.ɡʁo/

Noun

allegro m (plural allegros)

1. allegro

Adverb

allegro

1. allegro

Further reading

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

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Italian

Etymology

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

• allegramente
• allegretto
• allegrezza
• allegria

 

Descendants

• → Greek: αλέγρος (alégros)

Anagrams

• legarlo

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian allegro.

Adverb

allegro

1. (music) allegro

Noun

allegro m (definite singular allegroen, indefinite plural allegroar, definite plural allegroane)

1. (music) an allegro

Usage notes

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

References

• “allegro” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alegro

Etymology

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)