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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

Allegro

See also: allegro, allégro, and allegrò

Italian

Proper noun

Allegro m

  1. A male given name

Anagrams

allegro

allegro

See also: Allegro, allégro, and allegrò

English

Noun

allegro (plural allegros)

  1. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a quick, lively tempo, faster than allegretto but slower than presto
  2. (music) In more traditional use, an expressive marking indicating lively or happily, not necessarily quick or fast.
  3. (music) A passage having this mark

Translations

Adverb

allegro (not comparable)

  1. (music) played in a quick, lively tempo

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Adjective

allegro (not comparable)

  1. (music) in a quick and lively manner

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French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Italian allegro

Noun

allegro m (plural allegros)

  1. allegro

Adverb

allegro

  1. allegro

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)

  1. cheerful
  2. mirthful

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Adjective

allegro (plural allegro, comparable)

  1. (music) allegro (played in a quick, lively tempo)

Adverb

allegro (not comparable)

  1. (music) allegro (in a quick, lively tempo)

Noun

allegro m (plural allegros)

  1. (music) allegro (a passage to be played in a quick, lively tempo)