accelerando

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian accelerando, from Latin accelero.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ɑ.ˌtʃɛl.ə.ˈɹɑn.do/
• (UK) IPA: /æksɛləˈɹændəʊ/

Noun

accelerando (plural accelerandos)

1. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at an increasing speed.
2. (music) A passage having this mark.

Adverb

accelerando

1. (music) with a gradual increase in speed

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Italian

Verb

accelerando

1. gerund of accelerare

Adverb

accelerando

1. accelerating

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Latin

Participle

accelerandō

1. dative masculine singular of accelerandus
2. dative neuter singular of accelerandus
3. ablative masculine singular of accelerandus
4. ablative neuter singular of accelerandus