ALLEGRO
Dictionary entry overview: What does allegro mean?
• ALLEGRO (noun)
The noun ALLEGRO has 2 senses:
1. a brisk and lively tempo
2. a musical composition or passage performed quickly in a brisk lively manner
Familiarity information: ALLEGRO used as a noun is rare.
• ALLEGRO (adjective)
The adjective ALLEGRO has 1 sense:
1. (of tempo) fast
Familiarity information: ALLEGRO used as an adjective is very rare.
• ALLEGRO (adverb)
The adverb ALLEGRO has 1 sense:
1. in a quick and lively tempo
Familiarity information: ALLEGRO used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ALLEGRO (noun)
Meaning:
A brisk and lively tempo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("allegro" is a kind of...):
pacing; tempo ((music) the speed at which a composition is to be played)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "allegro"):
allegro con spirito (lively with spirit)
Meaning:
A musical composition or passage performed quickly in a brisk lively manner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("allegro" is a kind of...):
composition; musical composition; opus; piece; piece of music (a musical work that has been created)
musical passage; passage (a short section of a musical composition)
• ALLEGRO (adjective)
Meaning:
(of tempo) fast
Similar:
fast (at a rapid tempo)
• ALLEGRO (adverb)
Meaning:
In a quick and lively tempo
Context example:
play this section allegro
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Pertainym:
allegro ((of tempo) fast)
