affettuoso

See also: affettüoso

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian affettuoso. Doublet of affectuous.

Adverb edit

affettuoso (comparative more affettuoso, superlative most affettuoso)

(music) With feeling; in a loving, tender way.

French edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian affettuoso. Doublet of affectueux.

Pronunciation edit

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Adverb edit

affettuoso

(music) in a loving, tender way

Further reading edit

“affettuoso”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Late Latin affectuōsus.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /af.fet.tuˈo.zo/, (traditional) /af.fet.tuˈo.so/^[1]
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Rhymes: -ozo, (traditional) -oso
Hyphenation: af‧fet‧tu‧ó‧so

Adjective edit

affettuoso (feminine affettuosa, masculine plural affettuosi, feminine plural affettuose, superlative affettuosissimo)

affectionate, fond, loving

Related terms edit

References edit

^ affettuoso in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading edit

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

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