larghetto
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian larghetto, diminutive of largo.
Adjective
larghetto (not comparable)
- (music) Slower than adagio but not as slow as largo; nearly andantino.
- Play larghetto here, even though it’s marked largo.
Noun
larghetto (countable and uncountable, plural larghettos)
- The larghetto tempo.
- Which tempo do you want, largo or larghetto?
- A composition or movement to be played larghetto.
- The larghetto from this suite is one of the composer’s most evocative works.
French
Adverb
larghetto
- larghetto
Further reading
- “larghetto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the Italian diminutive of largo.
Adverb
larghetto
- (music) larghetto
Noun
larghetto m (definite singular larghettoen, indefinite plural larghettoer, definite plural larghettoene)
- (music) an larghetto
Usage notes
- Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was also considered grammatically neuter.[1]
References
- “larghetto” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From the Italian diminutive of largo.
Adverb
larghetto
- (music) larghetto
Noun
larghetto m (definite singular larghettoen, indefinite plural larghettoar, definite plural larghettoane)
- (music) an larghetto
References
- “larghetto” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Italian larghetto.
Adverb
larghetto
- larghetto