# allegretto
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian allegretto, diminutive form of allegro.

### Adverb

allegretto (not comparable)
* (music) To be played rather fast and lively.

#### Related terms

* allegrissimo
* allegro

#### Translations
### Noun

allegretto (plural allegrettos)
* (music) A movement in this time.
** 1880, Edmund Gurney, The Power of Sound, page 99:It was only after the conception had received its fullest due, and the vast and complex organism its perfect development, that the certainty arose of an effect on human emotion comparable to that which was born when the opening bars of the allegretto in Beethoven's Seventh Symphony had been played for the first time, and the idea of them was from that moment alive and abroad in the world.

#### Translations
## Finnish
### Etymology

Italian allegretto

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑlːeɡretːo/, [ˈɑ̝lːe̞ɡˌre̞t̪ːo̞]
* Rhymes: -etːo
* Hyphenation: al‧leg‧ret‧to

### Noun

allegretto
* (music) allegretto (tempo mark; passage with this mark)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of allegretto (Kotus type 1*C/valo, tt-t gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
allegrettoni
allegrettoni
accusative
nom.
allegrettoni
allegrettoni
gen.
allegrettoni
genitive
allegrettoni
allegrettojeni
partitive
allegrettoani
allegrettojani
inessive
allegretossani
allegretoissani
elative
allegretostani
allegretoistani
illative
allegrettooni
allegrettoihini
adessive
allegretollani
allegretoillani
ablative
allegretoltani
allegretoiltani
allative
allegretolleni
allegretoilleni
essive
allegrettonani
allegrettoinani
translative
allegretokseni
allegretoikseni
abessive
allegretottani
allegretoittani
instructive
comitative
—allegrettoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
allegrettosi
allegrettosi
accusative
nom.
allegrettosi
allegrettosi
gen.
allegrettosi
genitive
allegrettosi
allegrettojesi
partitive
allegrettoasi
allegrettojasi
inessive
allegretossasi
allegretoissasi
elative
allegretostasi
allegretoistasi
illative
allegrettoosi
allegrettoihisi
adessive
allegretollasi
allegretoillasi
ablative
allegretoltasi
allegretoiltasi
allative
allegretollesi
allegretoillesi
essive
allegrettonasi
allegrettoinasi
translative
allegretoksesi
allegretoiksesi
abessive
allegretottasi
allegretoittasi
instructive
comitative
—allegrettoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
allegrettomme
allegrettomme
accusative
nom.
allegrettomme
allegrettomme
gen.
allegrettomme
genitive
allegrettomme
allegrettojemme
partitive
allegrettoamme
allegrettojamme
inessive
allegretossamme
allegretoissamme
elative
allegretostamme
allegretoistamme
illative
allegrettoomme
allegrettoihimme
adessive
allegretollamme
allegretoillamme
ablative
allegretoltamme
allegretoiltamme
allative
allegretollemme
allegretoillemme
essive
allegrettonamme
allegrettoinamme
translative
allegretoksemme
allegretoiksemme
abessive
allegretottamme
allegretoittamme
instructive
comitative
—allegrettoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
allegrettonne
allegrettonne
accusative
nom.
allegrettonne
allegrettonne
gen.
allegrettonne
genitive
allegrettonne
allegrettojenne
partitive
allegrettoanne
allegrettojanne
inessive
allegretossanne
allegretoissanne
elative
allegretostanne
allegretoistanne
illative
allegrettoonne
allegrettoihinne
adessive
allegretollanne
allegretoillanne
ablative
allegretoltanne
allegretoiltanne
allative
allegretollenne
allegretoillenne
essive
allegrettonanne
allegrettoinanne
translative
allegretoksenne
allegretoiksenne
abessive
allegretottanne
allegretoittanne
instructive
comitative
—allegrettoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
allegrettonsa
allegrettonsa
accusative
nom.
allegrettonsa
allegrettonsa
gen.
allegrettonsa
genitive
allegrettonsa
allegrettojensa
partitive
allegrettoaan allegrettoansa
allegrettojaan allegrettojansa
inessive
allegretossaan allegretossansa
allegretoissaan allegretoissansa
elative
allegretostaan allegretostansa
allegretoistaan allegretoistansa
illative
allegrettoonsa
allegrettoihinsa
adessive
allegretollaan allegretollansa
allegretoillaan allegretoillansa
ablative
allegretoltaan allegretoltansa
allegretoiltaan allegretoiltansa
allative
allegretolleen allegretollensa
allegretoilleen allegretoillensa
essive
allegrettonaan allegrettonansa
allegrettoinaan allegrettoinansa
translative
allegretokseen allegretoksensa
allegretoikseen allegretoiksensa
abessive
allegretottaan allegretottansa
allegretoittaan allegretoittansa
instructive
comitative
—allegrettoineen allegrettoinensa :

### Adverb

allegretto
* (music) allegretto (in a rather fast and lively manner)

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.le.ɡʁɛ.to/ ~ /a.le.ɡʁe.to/
* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

allegretto
* allegretto

### Further reading

* “allegretto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian allegretto.

### Adverb

allegretto
* (music) allegretto
    Synonym: sedikit cepat

### Further reading

* “allegretto” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Etymology

From allegro +‎ -etto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /al.leˈɡret.to/
* Rhymes: -etto
* Hyphenation: al‧le‧grét‧to

### Adverb

allegretto
* (music) allegretto

### Noun

allegretto m (plural allegretti)
* diminutive of allegro
* (music) allegretto

### Further reading

* allegretto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian allegretto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /al.lɛɡˈrɛt.tɔ/

### Noun

allegretto m (plural allegretti)
* (music) allegretto

#### Related terms

* allegra
* allegrament
* allegrija
* allegro
* allegru

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Italian allegretto.

### Adverb

allegretto
* (music) allegretto

### Noun

allegretto m (definite singular allegrettoen, indefinite plural allegrettoar, definite plural allegrettoane)
* (music) an allegretto

#### Usage notes

* Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was also considered grammatically neuter.

### References

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian allegretto.

### Adverb

allegretto (not comparable)
* Alternative spelling of alegreto

### Noun

allegretto m (plural allegretti)
* Alternative spelling of alegreto

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian allegretto.

### Adverb

allegretto
* allegretto

### Noun

allegretto n (uncountable)
* allegretto