scherzo
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian scherzo (“joke, play”), from scherzare (“to joke, jest”), from Lombardic *skerzan (“to jump merrily, enjoy oneself, jest”), from Proto-Germanic *skertaną (“to hop, jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerǝd- (“to dance, jump”). Akin to Middle High German scherzen (“to frolic, jump merrily, hop up and down”) (modern German scherzen (“to joke”), Scherz), Norwegian skjerta (“to joke”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈskɛətsəʊ/, /ˈskɜːt-/
- (General American) enPR: skĕrʹtsō('), skĕrtʹsō('), IPA(key): /ˈskɛəɹ(ˌ)tsoʊ/, /ˈskɛəɹtˌsoʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɛəɹtsəʊ, -ɜː(ɹ)tsəʊ, -ɛə(ɹ)tsəʊ
- Hyphenation: scher‧zo
Noun
scherzo (plural scherzos or scherzi)
- (music) A piece of music or a movement from a larger piece such as a symphony; especially, a piece of music played in a playful manner.
- 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers:
- At seven Val knocked – three shorts and one long, out of the scherzo of Beethoven’s Fifth – and I rushed to open.
- 1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers:
Translations
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See also
- scherzando
- scherzino
Further reading
- scherzo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Noun
scherzo m (plural scherzos)
- scherzo
Further reading
- “scherzo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology 1
Deverbal from scherzare (“to joke, play, jest”) + -o, from Old Italian scherzare, borrowed from Lombardic *skerzan (“to jump merrily, enjoy oneself, jest”) from Proto-Germanic *skertaną (“to hop, jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerǝd- (“to dance, jump”). Akin to Middle High German scherzen (“to frolic, jump merrily, hop up and down”) (German scherzen (“to joke”); Scherz (“joke, sport”)), Norwegian skjerta (“to joke”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsker.t͡so/
- Rhymes: -ertso
- Hyphenation: schér‧zo
Noun
scherzo m (plural scherzi)
- joke, jest, trick, hoax, frolic
- Synonyms: beffa, battuta, derisione, scherno
- (figurative) joke, trifle, cinch (something easy to do)
- (music) scherzo (piece of music played in a playful manner)
Related terms
- scherzando
- scherzare
- scherzoso
Descendants
- → English: scherzo
- → German: Scherzo
Verb
scherzo
- first-person singular present indicative of scherzare
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Italian scherzo.
Noun
scherzo n (plural scherzouri)
- scherzo
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) scherzo | scherzoul | (niște) scherzouri | scherzourile |
genitive/dative | (unui) scherzo | scherzoului | (unor) scherzouri | scherzourilor |
vocative | scherzoule | scherzourilor |