assai

See also: Assaí

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian assai.

Adverb

assai (not comparable)

1. (music) A tempo direction equivalent to "very".

Etymology 2

Noun

assai (plural assais)

1. Alternative spelling of acai.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     "What do you make of that?" he asked. "It is surely an Assai palm," said Summerlee. "Exactly. It was an Assai palm which I took for my landmark. The secret opening is half a mile onwards upon the other side of the river."

Anagrams

• Saias

Catalan

Adverb

assai

1. (Alghero) very

   Synonym: molt

   assai blanc ― very white

2. (Alghero) much, a lot

   Synonyms: molt, tant

   M'agrada assai això ― I like that a lot

Adjective

assai (invariable)

1. (Alghero) many

   Synonyms: molt, tant

   No vull coses assai ― I don't want many things

References

El Català de l'Alguer : un model d'àmbit restringit, Barcelona, 2003, →ISBN, page 27,33,54

Corsican

Etymology

From Late Latin ad satis. Cognates include Sicilian assai, Italian assai and French assez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈsaɪ̯/

Adverb

assai

1. very
2. much
3. for a long time

References

• “assai” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian assai. Doublet of assez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.saj/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Adverb

assai

1. (music) assai

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin ad satis, from Latin ad + satis; cf. French assez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈsaj/
• Rhymes: -aj
• Hyphenation: as‧sài

Adverb

assai (superlative (humorous) assaissimo)

1. very

   Synonyms: abbastanza, molto

   La musica da camera era assai allegra.

   The chamber music was very cheerful.

Anagrams

• Assia

Middle English

Noun

assai

1. alternative form of assay

Neapolitan

Adverb

assai

1. alternative form of assaje

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈsaj/ [aˈsaɪ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈsaj/

• Hyphenation: as‧sai

Verb

assai

1. second-person plural imperative of assar

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• assa', assà

Etymology

From Late Latin ad satis. Compare Neapolitan assàje, Italian assai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asˈsai̯/

• Audio (Eastern Sicilian):

  (file)

Adverb

assai

1. much
2. a lot

Derived terms

• assai assai
• assaiuni