andante

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian andante.

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 moderato.
   • 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 198:

     The music’s marking is andante, a delicate footfall.

2. (music) A passage having this mark.

Translations

passage played in a moderately slow tempo

• Finnish: andante (fi)
• Greek: αντάντε (el) n (antánte)

• Portuguese: andante m

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

Borrowed from Italian andante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑndɑnt(ː)e/, [ˈɑndɑn̪t̪(ː)e̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑndɑnte
• Syllabification: an‧dan‧te

Noun

andante

1. (music) andante

Declension

Rarely declined.

Inflection of andante (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		andante	andantet
genitive		andanten	andantejen
partitive		andantea	andanteja
illative		andanteen	andanteihin
		singular	plural
nominative		andante	andantet
accusative	nom.	andante	andantet
	gen.	andanten
genitive		andanten	andantejen andanteinrare
partitive		andantea	andanteja
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

Possessive forms of andante (type nalle)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	andanteni	andantemme
2nd person	andantesi	andantenne
3rd person	andantensa

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.dɑ̃t/
• Homophone: andantes

Adverb

andante

1. (music) andante

Noun

andante m (plural andantes)

1. (music) andante

Further reading

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

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Italian

Etymology

From andare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈdan.te/

Adjective

andante (masculine and feminine plural andanti)

1. going, walking
2. current (month)
3. continuous, unbroken
4. ordinary, of little value
5. agile

Derived terms

• andantemente

Noun

andante m (plural andanti)

1. (music) andante

Verb

andante

1. present participle of andare

Anagrams

• dannate

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ˈdɐ̃.tɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ˈdɐ̃.t͡ɕɪ/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.ˈdɐ̃.te/
• Hyphenation: an‧dan‧te
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ntʃi

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

andante m or 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, f (plural andantes)

1. roamer (one who roams)

   Synonyms: itinerante, vagabundo

See also

• ambulante

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian andante (“going”).

Noun

andante m (plural andantes)

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

Adjective

andante m or f (plural andantes, comparable)

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

   Coordinate terms: adágio, alegro

Related terms

• andantino

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈdante/, [ãn̪ˈd̪ãn̪.t̪e]

Etymology 1

From andar (“to walk”) +‎ -ante.

Adjective

andante (plural andantes)

1. walking, who roams, who wanders, errant

   Caballero andante. ― Knight-errant.

Noun

andante m or f (plural andantes)

1. roamer (one who roams)

Related terms

• andar

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian andante (“going”).

Noun

andante m (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

Adjective

andante (plural andantes)

1. (music) played in a moderately slow tempo

Adverb

andante

1. (music) with a moderately slow tempo

Further reading

• “andante” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.