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Webster 1913 Edition
Allegro
‖
Al-le′gro
,Adj.
[It., merry, gay, fr. L.
alacer
lively. Cf. Aleger
.] (Mus.)
Brisk, lively.
– Noun.
An allegro movement; a quick, sprightly strain or piece.
Webster 1828 Edition
Allegro
ALLE'GRO.
[See Light.]In music, a word denoting a brisk movement; a sprightly part or strain; the quickest except presto. Piu allegro is a still quicker movement.
Definition 2024
Allegro
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English
Noun
allegro (plural allegros)
- (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a quick, lively tempo, faster than allegretto but slower than presto
- (music) In more traditional use, an expressive marking indicating lively or happily, not necessarily quick or fast.
- (music) A passage having this mark
Translations
tempo mark indicating a quick, lively tempo
Adverb
allegro (not comparable)
- (music) played in a quick, lively tempo
Translations
Adjective
allegro (not comparable)
- (music) in a quick and lively manner
Translations
Italian
Etymology
Borrowing of French allègre, from Latin alacer (“lively; happy, cheerful”). Compare the inherited doublet alacre.
Adjective
allegro m (feminine singular allegra, masculine plural allegri, feminine plural allegre)
Derived terms
Anagrams
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Adjective
allegro (plural allegro, comparable)
Adverb
allegro (not comparable)
Noun
allegro m (plural allegros)