Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

allegretto

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.86 in modern English

Syllables: al-le-gret-to
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

To be played rather fast and lively.

noun

A movement in this time.

Example Sentences

"It was only after the conception had received its fullest due, and the vast and complex organism its perfect development, that the certainty arose of an effect on human emotion comparable to that which was born when the opening bars of the allegretto in Beethoven's Seventh Symphony had been played for the first time, and the idea of them was from that moment alive and abroad in the world."

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian allegretto, diminutive form of allegro.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: allegretto

Inflected Forms

allegrettos (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

allegrissimo allegro

Questions

What does allegretto mean?: To be played rather fast and lively.
Where does allegretto come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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