andante
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Italian andante.
NounEdit
andante (plural andantes)
- (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo; faster than adagio but slower than moderato.
- 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 198:
- The music’s marking is andante, a delicate footfall.
- (music) A passage having this mark.
TranslationsEdit
passage played in a moderately slow tempo
AdverbEdit
andante (not comparable)
- (music) Played at a moderately slow tempo.
AdjectiveEdit
andante (not comparable)
- (music) Describing a passage having this mark.
AnagramsEdit
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Italian andante.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
andante
DeclensionEdit
Rarely declined.
Inflection of andante (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | andante | andantet | |
genitive | andanten | andantejen | |
partitive | andantea | andanteja | |
illative | andanteen | andanteihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | andante | andantet | |
accusative | nom. | andante | andantet |
gen. | andanten | ||
genitive | andanten | andantejen andanteinrare | |
partitive | andantea | andanteja | |
inessive | andantessa | andanteissa | |
elative | andantesta | andanteista | |
illative | andanteen | andanteihin | |
adessive | andantella | andanteilla | |
ablative | andantelta | andanteilta | |
allative | andantelle | andanteille | |
essive | andantena | andanteina | |
translative | andanteksi | andanteiksi | |
instructive | — | andantein | |
abessive | andantetta | andanteitta | |
comitative | — | andanteineen |
Possessive forms of andante (type nalle) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | andanteni | andantemme |
2nd person | andantesi | andantenne |
3rd person | andantensa |
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
andante
NounEdit
andante m (plural andantes)
Further readingEdit
- “andante” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From andare.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
andante (masculine and feminine plural andanti)
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
andante m (plural andanti)
VerbEdit
andante
AnagramsEdit
Further readingEdit
- andante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.ˈdɐ̃.tɨ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.ˈdɐ̃.t͡ɕɪ/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.ˈdɐ̃.te/
- Hyphenation: an‧dan‧te
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃ntʃi
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Portuguese andante, from andar (“to walk”) + -ante.
AdjectiveEdit
andante m or f (plural andantes, comparable)
Related termsEdit
NounEdit
andante m, f (plural andantes)
- roamer (one who roams)
- Synonyms: itinerante, vagabundo
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Italian andante (“going”).
NounEdit
andante m (plural andantes)
AdjectiveEdit
andante m or f (plural andantes, comparable)
Related termsEdit
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From andar (“to walk”) + -ante.
AdjectiveEdit
andante (plural andantes)
NounEdit
andante m or f (plural andantes)
- roamer (one who roams)
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Italian andante (“going”).
NounEdit
andante m (plural andantes)
- (music) a tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo; faster than adagio but slower than allegretto
- (music) a passage having this mark
AdjectiveEdit
andante (plural andantes)
- (music) played in a moderately slow tempo
AdverbEdit
andante
- (music) with a moderately slow tempo
Further readingEdit
- “andante” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.