accelerando
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian accelerando, from Latin accelero.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ɑ.ˌkʃɛl.ə.ˈɹɑn.doʊ/
- (UK) IPA(key): /æksɛləˈɹændəʊ/
Noun
accelerando (plural accelerandos)
- (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at an increasing speed.
- (music) A passage having this mark.
- (by extension) Accelerating or exponential advancement or development (of a thing).
- 2012, George Steiner, The Poetry of Thought, p. 195:
- The accelerando of the sciences and of technology, their mathematization have beggared both the reach and the veracity of natural language.
- 2012, George Steiner, The Poetry of Thought, p. 195:
Adverb
accelerando (not comparable)
- (music) With a gradual increase in speed.
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adverb
accelerando
- accelerando
Further reading
- “accelerando”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Verb
accelerando
- gerund of accelerare
Adverb
accelerando
- accelerating
Latin
Participle
accelerandō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of accelerandus
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Italian accelerando.
Adverb
accelerando
- (music) accelerando
Swedish
Adverb
accelerando (not comparable)
- (music) accelerando
Noun
accelerando n
- (music) a passage played accelerando
Declension
Declension of accelerando | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | accelerando | accelerandot | accelerandon | accelerandona |
Genitive | accelerandos | accelerandots | accelerandons | accelerandonas |
References
- accelerando in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- accelerando in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)