Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

improviso

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: im-pro-vi-so
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not prepared beforehand; unpremeditated; extemporaneous.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"a. 1784, Samuel Johnson, "Improviso Translation of the following lines of M. Benserade A Son Lit""

Etymology

From Latin improvisus (“unforeseen”); compare Italian improvviso.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: improvisus

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

What does improviso mean?: Not prepared beforehand; unpremeditated; extemporaneous.
Where does improviso come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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