impromptu

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French impromptu.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɹɒmptju/
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  • (US) IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɹɑmpt(j)u/

Adjective[edit]

impromptu (not comparable)

  1. Improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal.
    Synonyms: extemporaneous, unplanned; see also Thesaurus:impromptu
    The party began with an impromptu rendition of 'Happy Birthday'.
    an impromptu speech

Translations[edit]

Noun[edit]

impromptu (plural impromptus)

  1. (music) A short musical composition for an informal occasion often with the character of improvisation and usually to be played solo.
    • 1997, Christopher H. Gibbs, The Cambridge Companion to Schubert, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 168:
      The second impromptu is a dance-like Allegretto in A flat major, with a trio in D flat major employing arpeggiated textures.
  2. (by extension) Any composition, musical or otherwise, that is created on the spot without preparation.

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French[edit]

French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Univerbation of the Latin adverbial locution in prōmptū (ready, at hand).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

impromptu (feminine impromptue, masculine plural impromptus, feminine plural impromptues)

  1. improvised, not planned
    une visite impromptue.an unplanned visit

Noun[edit]

impromptu m (plural impromptus)

  1. improvised action
    Synonym: improviste
    à l’impromptu(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • 1868, Sainte-Beuve, Pensées:
      Talleyrand prévoyait à l’avance ses bons mots, que la circonstance lui tirait ensuite à l’impromptu.
      Talleyrand prepared his witticisms in advance, then deployed them spontaneously as the circumstances required.
  2. (music) impromptu
    Synonyms: improvisation, impro
    • 1928, Du Bos, Journal:
      Quand je faisais mentalement des réserves sur Fauré, celles-ci portaient sur les Barcarolles, les Nocturnes et les Impromptus.
      When I had reservations in my mind about Fauré, they concerned his barcarolles, his nocturnes and his impromptus.

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French impromptu.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

impromptu m (invariable)

  1. (music) impromptu
    Synonym: improvviso

References[edit]

  1. ^ impromptu in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ impromptu in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French impromptu.

Noun[edit]

impromptu n (plural impromptuuri)

  1. impromptu

Declension[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

impromptu m (plural impromptus)

  1. impromptu

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