adagio

See also: adágio and adagiò

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈdɑːd͡ʒiəʊ/, /əˈdæd͡ʒiəʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

adagio (plural adagios)

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

Translations

tempo mark indicating that music is to be played slowly

Corsican: adaghju m
Italian: adagio (it) m
Polish: adagio (pl) n
Portuguese: adágio (pt) m

Adverb

adagio (not comparable)

(music) Played rather slowly.

Translations

Polish: adagio (pl)

Adjective

adagio (not comparable)

(music) Describing a passage having this mark.

Translations

Polish: adagio (pl)

Basque

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin adagium.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /adaɡio/, [a.ð̞a.ɣ̞i.o̞]

Adverb

adagio (not comparable)

(music) adagio

Noun

adagio inan

(music) adagio

Declension

Declension of adagio (inanimate, ending in vowel)
	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	adagio	adagioa	adagioak
ergative	adagiok	adagioak	adagioek
dative	adagiori	adagioari	adagioei
genitive	adagioren	adagioaren	adagioen
comitative	adagiorekin	adagioarekin	adagioekin
causative	adagiorengatik	adagioarengatik	adagioengatik
benefactive	adagiorentzat	adagioarentzat	adagioentzat
instrumental	adagioz	adagioaz	adagioez
inessive	adagiotan	adagioan	adagioetan
locative	adagiotako	adagioko	adagioetako
allative	adagiotara	adagiora	adagioetara
terminative	adagiotaraino	adagioraino	adagioetaraino
directive	adagiotarantz	adagiorantz	adagioetarantz
destinative	adagiotarako	adagiorako	adagioetarako
ablative	adagiotatik	adagiotik	adagioetatik
partitive	adagiorik	—	—
prolative	adagiotzat	—	—

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)

adage

Synonyms

adagium

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

Noun

adagio n (plural adagios, diminutive adagiootje n)

(music, dance) adagio

Adverb

adagio

(music) adagio

Adjective

adagio (not comparable)

(music) describing a passage having this mark

Inflection

Inflection of adagio
uninflected	adagio
inflected	adagio
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		adagio
indefinite	m./f. sing.	adagio
	n. sing.	adagio
	plural	adagio
definite		adagio
partitive

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/
Audio (file)

Adverb

adagio

(music) adagio

Noun

adagio m (plural adagios)

(music) 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)

slowly

Noun

adagio m (plural adagi)

(music) adagio

Verb

adagio

first-person singular present indicative of adagiare

Etymology 3

From Latin adagium.

Noun

adagio m (plural adagi)

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

Latin

Noun

adā̆giō f (genitive adā̆giōnis); third declension

Alternative form of adā̆gium

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	adā̆giō	adā̆giōnēs
Genitive	adā̆giōnis	adā̆giōnum
Dative	adā̆giōnī	adā̆giōnibus
Accusative	adā̆giōnem	adā̆giōnēs
Ablative	adā̆giōne	adā̆giōnibus
Vocative	adā̆giō	adā̆giōnēs

Noun

adā̆giō

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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian adagio (“slowly”).[1]

Adverb

adagio

(music) adagio

Noun

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

(music) an adagio

Usage notes

Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was also considered grammatically neuter.[2]

References

“adagio” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian adagio (“slowly”).[1]

Adverb

adagio

(music) adagio

Noun

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

(music) an adagio

Usage notes

Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was also considered grammatically neuter.[2]

References

“adagio” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)

Polish

Alternative forms

adadżjo (Pre-reform orthography (1936))
adadżio

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian adagio.[1][2] First attested in 1823.[3]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

adagio n (indeclinable)

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

Declension

Indeclinable, or rarely:

Declension of adagio

	singular	plural
nominative	adagio	adagia
genitive	adagia	adagiów
dative	adagiu	adagiom
accusative	adagio	adagia
instrumental	adagiem	adagiami
locative	adagiu	adagiach
vocative	adagio	adagio

Adjective

adagio (not comparable)

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

Adverb

adagio (not comparable)

(music) to adagio (played rather slowly)

References

Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “adagio”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
Kurjer Warszawski‎, volume 3, t.2, issue 167, 1823, page 1

Romanian

Etymology

From Italian adagio.

Noun

adagio n (uncountable)

adagio

Declension

declension of adagio (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) adagio	adagioul
genitive/dative	(unui) adagio	adagioului
vocative	adagioule

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

Adverb

adagio

(music) adagio

Noun

adagio m (plural adagios)

(music) adagio

Etymology 2

From Latin adagium.

Noun

adagio m (plural adagios)

adage (old saying)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

Adverb

adagio

(music) adagio (slowly)

Noun

adagio n

(music) adagio

Declension

Declension of adagio
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	adagio	adagiot	adagion	adagiona
Genitive	adagios	adagiots	adagions	adagionas

References

adagio in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

[1] “adagio” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

[2] Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)

[3] “adagio” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

[4] Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)

[5] Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN

[6] Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “adagio”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

[7] Kurjer Warszawski‎, volume 3, t.2, issue 167, 1823, page 1

adagio

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Translations

Adverb

Translations

Adjective

Translations

Basque

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adverb

Noun

Declension

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

Adverb

Adjective

Inflection

References

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adverb

Noun

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adverb

Noun

Verb

Etymology 3

Noun

Descendants

See also

Latin

Noun

Declension

Noun

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Adverb

Noun

Usage notes

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Adverb

Noun

Usage notes

References

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Adjective

Adverb

References

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adverb

Noun