a tempo
See also: atempo
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian a tempo.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
- (music) return to normal tempo from a deviation
Italian edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective edit
a tempo (invariable)
- (relational) time
- a tempo parziale ― part-time
Derived terms edit
Adverb edit
- on time, in time (sufficiently early)
- in time (with the music)
- (music) return to normal tempo from a deviation (e.g. ritenuto, rallentando, accelerando, etc.)
Descendants edit
- Norwegian Bokmål: a tempo
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Italian a tempo (“in time”), first part from Italian a (“in, at, to”), from Latin ad (“toward, to”), from Proto-Italic *ad (“toward, to”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“near, at”). Last part from Italian tempo (“time, age, period, tense”), from Latin tempus (“portion or period of time”), either from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“to stretch, extend”), from *temp- (“to stretch, extend”), or from Proto-Indo-European *temh₂- (“to cut”).
Pronunciation edit
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References edit
- tempo “a tempo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “a_tempo” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “a tempo” in Store norske leksikon