andante
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian andante.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /æn.ˈdæn.teɪ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɑn.ˈdɑn.teɪ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ænteɪ, -ɑnteɪ
- Hyphenation: an‧dan‧te
Noun edit
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.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
Adverb edit
andante (not comparable)
- (music) Played at a moderately slow tempo.
Adjective edit
andante (not comparable)
- (music) Describing a passage having this mark.
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian andante.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
andante
Declension edit
Rarely declined.
Inflection of andante (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
abessive | andantetta | andanteitta | ||
instructive | — | andantein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “andante”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian andante.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
andante
Noun edit
andante m (plural andantes)
Further reading edit
- “andante”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Present participle of andare.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
andante (plural andanti)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
andante m (plural andanti)
Descendants edit
Participle edit
andante (plural andanti)
Further reading edit
- andante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese andante, from andar (“to walk”) + -ante.
Adjective edit
andante m or f (plural andantes)
Related terms edit
Noun edit
andante m or f by sense (plural andantes)
- roamer (one who roams)
- Synonyms: itinerante, vagabundo
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Italian andante (“going”).
Noun edit
andante m (plural andantes)
Adjective edit
andante m or f (plural andantes)
Related terms edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Italian andante.
Adverb edit
andante
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From andar (“to walk”) + -ante.
Adjective edit
andante m or f (masculine and feminine plural andantes)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
andante m or f by sense (plural andantes)
- roamer (one who roams)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Italian andante (“going”).
Noun edit
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
Adjective edit
andante m or f (masculine and feminine plural andantes)
- (music) played in a moderately slow tempo
Adverb edit
andante
- (music) with a moderately slow tempo
Further reading edit
- “andante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014