andante
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian andante.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æn.ˈdæn.teɪ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɑn.ˈdɑn.teɪ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ænteɪ, -ɑnteɪ
- Hyphenation: an‧dan‧te
Noun[edit]
andante (plural andantes)
- (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.
- (music) A passage having this mark.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Adverb[edit]
andante (not comparable)
- (music) Played at a moderately slow tempo.
Adjective[edit]
andante (not comparable)
- (music) Describing a passage having this mark.
Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian andante.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
andante
Declension[edit]
Rarely declined.
Inflection of andante (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | ||
abessive | andantetta | andanteitta | ||
instructive | — | andantein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading[edit]
- “andante”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian andante.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
andante
Noun[edit]
andante m (plural andantes)
Further reading[edit]
- “andante”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Present participle of andare.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
andante (plural andanti)
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
andante m (plural andanti)
Descendants[edit]
Participle[edit]
andante (plural andanti)
Further reading[edit]
- andante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese andante, from andar (“to walk”) + -ante.
Adjective[edit]
andante m or f (plural andantes)
Related terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
andante m or f by sense (plural andantes)
- roamer (one who roams)
- Synonyms: itinerante, vagabundo
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Italian andante (“going”).
Noun[edit]
andante m (plural andantes)
Adjective[edit]
andante m or f (plural andantes)
Related terms[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from Italian andante.
Adverb[edit]
andante
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From andar (“to walk”) + -ante.
Adjective[edit]
andante m or f (masculine and feminine plural andantes)
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
andante m or f by sense (plural andantes)
- roamer (one who roams)
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Italian andante (“going”).
Noun[edit]
andante m (plural andantes)
- (music) a tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo; faster than adagio but slower than allegretto
- (music) a passage having this mark
Adjective[edit]
andante m or f (masculine and feminine plural andantes)
- (music) played in a moderately slow tempo
Adverb[edit]
andante
- (music) with a moderately slow tempo
Further reading[edit]
- “andante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- English terms borrowed from Italian
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- English 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/ænteɪ
- Rhymes:English/ænteɪ/3 syllables
- Rhymes:English/ɑnteɪ
- Rhymes:English/ɑnteɪ/3 syllables
- English lemmas
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑndɑnte
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑndɑnte/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Music
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- Rhymes:Italian/ante
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- it:Music
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- Portuguese 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃tʃi
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɐ̃tɨ
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- pt:Music
- Romanian terms borrowed from Italian
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- Spanish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ante
- Rhymes:Spanish/ante/3 syllables
- Spanish terms suffixed with -ante
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