prestissimo
English edit
Etymology edit
From Italian prestissimo.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
prestissimo (not comparable)
- (music) Extremely fast, the fastest possible tempo. [from 18th c.]
Adverb edit
prestissimo (not comparable)
- (chiefly music) Very quickly. [from 19th c.]
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 286:
- A delegation of Norman gentry boldly requesting in 1771 the calling of the Normandy estates (which had been abolished in 1666) was despatched prestissimo to the Bastille.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Adverb edit
prestissimo
Further reading edit
- “prestissimo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
prestissimo (feminine prestissima, masculine plural prestissimi, feminine plural prestissime)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Italian prestissimo, superlative of presto.
Adverb edit
prestissimo
Noun edit
prestissimo n (definite singular prestissimoet, indefinite plural prestissimo or prestissimoer, definite plural prestissimoa or prestissimoene)
- music being played prestissimo
References edit
- “prestissimo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Italian prestissimo, superlative of presto.
Adverb edit
prestissimo
Noun edit
prestissimo n (definite singular prestissimoet, indefinite plural prestissimo, definite plural prestissimoa)
- music being played prestissimo
Usage notes edit
- Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was considered grammatically masculine.[1] The forms prestissimoen, prestissimoar, and prestissimoane were then made obsolete.
References edit
- “prestissimo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- ^ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Italian prestissimo.
Adverb edit
prestissimo