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6-letter words (1 found)

ADAGIO,

4-letter words (8 found)

AGIO,AIDA,AIGA,DAGO,GADI,GAID,GOAD,IGAD,

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ADO,AGA,AGO,AIA,AID,DAG,DIG,DOG,GAD,GID,GIO,GOA,GOD,ODA,

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AA,AD,AG,AI,DA,DI,DO,GI,GO,ID,IO,OD,OI,

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Definitions and meaning of adagio

adagio

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈdɑːd͡ʒiəʊ/, /əˈdæd͡ʒiəʊ/

Noun

adagio (plural adagios)

  2. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully.
  4. (music) A passage having this mark.
  6. (dance) A male-female duet or mixed trio ballet displaying demanding balance, spins and/or lifts.

Translations

Adverb

adagio (not comparable)

  2. (music) Played rather slowly.

Translations

Adjective

adagio (not comparable)

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

Translations

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin adagium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /adaɡio/ [a.ð̞a.ɣ̞i.o]
  • Rhymes: -io
  • Hyphenation: a‧da‧gi‧o

Adverb

adagio (not comparable)

  1. (music) adagio

Noun

adagio inan

  1. (music) adagio

Declension

Further reading

  • "adagio" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “adagio” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːˈdaː.dʒoː/, /aːˈdaː.(d)ʒi.oː/
  • Hyphenation: ada‧gio

Etymology 1

From Latin adagium.

Noun

adagio n (plural adagios, diminutive adagiootje n)

  1. adage
Synonyms
  • adagium

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

Noun

adagio n (plural adagios, diminutive adagiootje n)

  1. (music, dance) adagio

Adverb

adagio

  1. (music) adagio

Adjective

adagio (not comparable)

  1. (music) describing a passage having this mark
Inflection

References

  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.da(d)ʒ.jo/

Adverb

adagio

  1. (music) adagio

Noun

adagio m (plural adagios)

  1. (music) adagio

Further reading

  • “adagio”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Noun

adagio (first-person possessive adagioku, second-person possessive adagiomu, third-person possessive adagionya)

  1. adagio

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈda.d͡ʒo/
  • Rhymes: -adʒo
  • Hyphenation: a‧dà‧gio

Etymology 1

Univerbation of ad (“at”) +‎ agio (“ease”).

Adverb

adagio (superlative adagissimo)

  1. slowly

Noun

adagio m (plural adagi)

  1. (music) adagio
Descendants
  • Portuguese: adágio

Etymology 2

Verb

adagio

  1. first-person singular present indicative of adagiare

Etymology 3

From Latin adagium.

Noun

adagio m (plural adagi)

  1. proverb, adage or saying
Descendants
  • → English: adagio
  • → Dutch: adagio
  • → French: adagio
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: adagio
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: adagio
  • → Polish: adagio
  • → Romanian: adagio
  • → Spanish: adagio
  • → Swedish: adagio

See also

  • aforismo
  • proverbio
  • apoftegma
  • motto

Latin

Noun

adā̆giō f (genitive adā̆giōnis); third declension

  1. Alternative form of adā̆gium

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Noun

adā̆giō

  1. dative/ablative singular of adā̆gium

References

  • “adagio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • adagio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian adagio (“slowly”).

Adverb

adagio

  1. (music) adagio

Noun

adagio m (definite singular adagioen, indefinite plural adagioer, definite plural adagioene)

  1. (music) an adagio

Usage notes

  • Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was also considered grammatically neuter.

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian adagio (“slowly”).

Adverb

adagio

  1. (music) adagio

Noun

adagio m (definite singular adagioen, indefinite plural adagioar, definite plural adagioane)

  1. (music) an adagio

Usage notes

  • Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was also considered grammatically neuter.

References

Polish

Alternative forms

  • adadżjo (Pre-reform orthography (1936))
  • adadżio

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian adagio. First attested in 1823.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈdad͡ʐ.jɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ad͡ʐjɔ
  • Syllabification: a‧da‧gio

Noun

adagio n (indeclinable)

  1. (music) adagio (a tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully)
  2. (music) adagio (a passage having this mark)
  3. (dance) adagio (a male-female duet or mixed trio ballet displaying demanding balance, spins and/or lifts)

Declension

Indeclinable, or rarely:

Adjective

adagio (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (music) adagio (describing a passage having this mark)

Adverb

adagio (not comparable)

  1. (music) adagio (played rather slowly)

References

Further reading

  • adagio in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • adagio in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “adadżjo”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎[3]
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “adadżjo”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[4] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 7
  • “adagio”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish], 2022

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

Noun

adagio n (uncountable)

  1. adagio

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈdaxjo/ [aˈð̞a.xjo]
  • Rhymes: -axjo
  • Syllabification: a‧da‧gio

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

Adverb

adagio

  1. (music) adagio

Noun

adagio m (plural adagios)

  1. (music) adagio

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin adagium.

Noun

adagio m (plural adagios)

  1. adage (old saying)

Further reading

  • “adagio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

Adverb

adagio

  1. (music) adagio (slowly)

Noun

adagio n

  1. (music) adagio

Declension

References

  • adagio in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

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