andante

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Italian andante.

NounEdit

andante (plural andantes)

1. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo; faster than adagio but slower than allegretto.
2. (music) A passage having this mark.

TranslationsEdit

passage played in a moderately slow tempo

• Portuguese: andante m

AdverbEdit

andante (not comparable)

1. (music) Played at a moderately slow tempo.

AdjectiveEdit

andante (not comparable)

1. (music) Describing a passage having this mark.

AnagramsEdit

• Dantean

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FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Italian andante.

NounEdit

andante

1. andante

DeclensionEdit

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
instructive		—	andantein
abessive		andantetta	andanteitta
comitative		—	andanteineen

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FrenchEdit

AdverbEdit

andante

1. (music) andante

NounEdit

andante m (plural andantes)

1. (music) andante

Further readingEdit

• “andante” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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ItalianEdit

VerbEdit

andante

1. present participle of andare

NounEdit

andante m (plural andanti)

1. (music) andante

AdjectiveEdit

andante (masculine and feminine plural andanti)

1. going, walking
2. current (month)
3. continuous, unbroken
4. ordinary, of little value
5. agile

AnagramsEdit

• dannate

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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, f (plural andantes, comparable)

1. who roams, wanders

   Cavaleiro andante. ― Knight-errant.

SynonymsEdit

• erradio, errante, itinerante, vagabundo, vagamundo, vagante

Related termsEdit

Related terms

• andada
• andador
• andamento

• andança
• andar

• andarilhar
• andarilho

NounEdit

andante m f (plural andantes)

1. roamer (one who roams)

SynonymsEdit

• itinerante, vagabundo

See alsoEdit

• ambulante

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowing from Italian andante (“going”).

NounEdit

andante m (plural andantes)

1. (music) andante (passage to be played in a moderately slow tempo)

AdjectiveEdit

andante m, f (plural andantes, comparable)

1. (music) andante (played in a moderately slow tempo)

Coordinate termsEdit

• alegro, adágio

Related termsEdit

• andantino

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SpanishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From andar (“to walk”) +‎ -ante.

AdjectiveEdit

andante (plural andantes)

1. who roams, who wanders, errant

   Caballero andante.

   Knight-errant.

NounEdit

andante m, f (plural andantes)

1. roamer (one who roams)

Related termsEdit

• andar

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowing from Italian andante (“going”).

NounEdit

andante m (plural andantes)

1. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo; faster than adagio but slower than allegretto.
2. (music) A passage having this mark.

AdjectiveEdit

andante (plural andantes)

1. (music) Played in a moderately slow tempo

AdverbEdit

andante

1. (music) with a moderately slow tempo