scherzo
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian scherzo (“joke, play”), from scherzare (“to joke, jest”), from Lombardic *skerzan (“to jump merrily, enjoy oneself, jest”), from Proto-Germanic *skertaną (“to hop, jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerǝd- (“to dance, jump”). Akin to Middle High German scherzen (“to frolic, jump merrily, hop up and down”) (modern German scherzen (“to joke”), Scherz), Norwegian skjerta (“to joke”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈskɛətsəʊ/, /ˈskɜːt-/
- (General American) enPR: skĕrʹtsō('), skĕrtʹsō('), IPA(key): /ˈskɛəɹ(ˌ)tsoʊ/, /ˈskɛəɹtˌsoʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɛəɹtsəʊ, -ɜː(ɹ)tsəʊ, -ɛə(ɹ)tsəʊ
- Hyphenation: scher‧zo
Noun edit
scherzo (plural scherzos or scherzi)
- (music) A piece of music or a movement from a larger piece such as a symphony; especially, a piece of music played in a playful manner.
- 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers:
- At seven Val knocked – three shorts and one long, out of the scherzo of Beethoven’s Fifth – and I rushed to open.
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Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
scherzo
Declension edit
Inflection of scherzo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | scherzo | scherzot | ||
genitive | scherzon | scherzojen | ||
partitive | scherzoa | scherzoja | ||
illative | scherzoon | scherzoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | scherzo | scherzot | ||
accusative | nom. | scherzo | scherzot | |
gen. | scherzon | |||
genitive | scherzon | scherzojen | ||
partitive | scherzoa | scherzoja | ||
inessive | scherzossa | scherzoissa | ||
elative | scherzosta | scherzoista | ||
illative | scherzoon | scherzoihin | ||
adessive | scherzolla | scherzoilla | ||
ablative | scherzolta | scherzoilta | ||
allative | scherzolle | scherzoille | ||
essive | scherzona | scherzoina | ||
translative | scherzoksi | scherzoiksi | ||
abessive | scherzotta | scherzoitta | ||
instructive | — | scherzoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French edit
Noun edit
scherzo m (plural scherzos)
Further reading edit
- “scherzo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Deverbal from scherzare (“to joke, play, jest”) + -o, from Old Italian scherzare, borrowed from Lombardic *skerzan (“to jump merrily, enjoy oneself, jest”) from Proto-Germanic *skertaną (“to hop, jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerǝd- (“to dance, jump”). Akin to Middle High German scherzen (“to frolic, jump merrily, hop up and down”) (German scherzen (“to joke”); Scherz (“joke, sport”)), Norwegian skjerta (“to joke”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
scherzo m (plural scherzi)
- joke, jest, trick, hoax, frolic
- (figurative) joke, trifle, cinch (something easy to do)
- (music) scherzo (piece of music played in a playful manner)
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Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
scherzo
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Italian scherzo.
Noun edit
scherzo n (plural scherzouri)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) scherzo | scherzoul | (niște) scherzouri | scherzourile |
genitive/dative | (unui) scherzo | scherzoului | (unor) scherzouri | scherzourilor |
vocative | scherzoule | scherzourilor |