# allegro
## English
### Etymology

From Italian allegro.

### Pronunciation

* (US) IPA: /əˈlɛɡɹoʊ/, IPA: /əˈleɪɡɹoʊ/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

allegro (plural allegros)
* (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a quick, lively tempo, faster than allegretto but slower than presto.
* (music, more, traditionally) An expressive mark indicating that a passage is to be played in a lively or happy manner, not necessarily quickly.
* (music) A passage having this mark.
** 1910 January 12, Ameen Rihani, “Subtranscendental”, in The Book of Khalid, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published October 1911, →OCLC, book the second (In the Temple), page 116:And what mean these outbursts and objurgations of his, you will ask; these suggestions, furtive, rhapsodical, mystical; this furibund allegro about Money, Mediums, and Bohemia; [...]

#### Translations
### Adverb

allegro (not comparable)
* (music) played in a quick, lively tempo

#### Translations
### Adjective

allegro (not comparable)
* (music) in a quick and lively manner

#### Translations
### Derived terms

* allegro ma non troppo
* allegro moderato
* allegro non troppo
* sonata-allegro form

## Finnish
### Etymology

Italian allegro

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑlːe(ː)ɡro/, [ˈɑ̝lːe̞(ː)ɡro̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑlːeɡro
* Hyphenation: al‧leg‧ro

### Noun

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

#### Declension

Possessive forms of allegro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
allegroni
allegroni
accusative
nom.
allegroni
allegroni
gen.
allegroni
genitive
allegroni
allegrojeni
partitive
allegroani
allegrojani
inessive
allegrossani
allegroissani
elative
allegrostani
allegroistani
illative
allegrooni
allegroihini
adessive
allegrollani
allegroillani
ablative
allegroltani
allegroiltani
allative
allegrolleni
allegroilleni
essive
allegronani
allegroinani
translative
allegrokseni
allegroikseni
abessive
allegrottani
allegroittani
instructive
comitative
—allegroineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
allegrosi
allegrosi
accusative
nom.
allegrosi
allegrosi
gen.
allegrosi
genitive
allegrosi
allegrojesi
partitive
allegroasi
allegrojasi
inessive
allegrossasi
allegroissasi
elative
allegrostasi
allegroistasi
illative
allegroosi
allegroihisi
adessive
allegrollasi
allegroillasi
ablative
allegroltasi
allegroiltasi
allative
allegrollesi
allegroillesi
essive
allegronasi
allegroinasi
translative
allegroksesi
allegroiksesi
abessive
allegrottasi
allegroittasi
instructive
comitative
—allegroinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
allegromme
allegromme
accusative
nom.
allegromme
allegromme
gen.
allegromme
genitive
allegromme
allegrojemme
partitive
allegroamme
allegrojamme
inessive
allegrossamme
allegroissamme
elative
allegrostamme
allegroistamme
illative
allegroomme
allegroihimme
adessive
allegrollamme
allegroillamme
ablative
allegroltamme
allegroiltamme
allative
allegrollemme
allegroillemme
essive
allegronamme
allegroinamme
translative
allegroksemme
allegroiksemme
abessive
allegrottamme
allegroittamme
instructive
comitative
—allegroinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
allegronne
allegronne
accusative
nom.
allegronne
allegronne
gen.
allegronne
genitive
allegronne
allegrojenne
partitive
allegroanne
allegrojanne
inessive
allegrossanne
allegroissanne
elative
allegrostanne
allegroistanne
illative
allegroonne
allegroihinne
adessive
allegrollanne
allegroillanne
ablative
allegroltanne
allegroiltanne
allative
allegrollenne
allegroillenne
essive
allegronanne
allegroinanne
translative
allegroksenne
allegroiksenne
abessive
allegrottanne
allegroittanne
instructive
comitative
—allegroinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
allegronsa
allegronsa
accusative
nom.
allegronsa
allegronsa
gen.
allegronsa
genitive
allegronsa
allegrojensa
partitive
allegroaan allegroansa
allegrojaan allegrojansa
inessive
allegrossaan allegrossansa
allegroissaan allegroissansa
elative
allegrostaan allegrostansa
allegroistaan allegroistansa
illative
allegroonsa
allegroihinsa
adessive
allegrollaan allegrollansa
allegroillaan allegroillansa
ablative
allegroltaan allegroltansa
allegroiltaan allegroiltansa
allative
allegrolleen allegrollensa
allegroilleen allegroillensa
essive
allegronaan allegronansa
allegroinaan allegroinansa
translative
allegrokseen allegroksensa
allegroikseen allegroiksensa
abessive
allegrottaan allegrottansa
allegroittaan allegroittansa
instructive
comitative
—allegroineen allegroinensa :

### Adverb

allegro
* (music) allegro (in a quick and lively manner)

## French
### Alternative forms

* allégro (post-1990 spelling)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian allegro, itself borrowed from French allègre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.le.ɡʁo/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

allegro m (plural allegros)
* allegro

### Adverb

allegro
* allegro

### Further reading

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

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /alˈle.ɡro/, /alˈlɛ.ɡro/
* Rhymes: -eɡro, -ɛɡro
* Hyphenation: al‧lé‧gro, al‧lè‧gro

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French allègre, from Latin alacer (“lively; happy, cheerful”). Compare the doublet alacre.

#### Adjective

allegro (feminine allegra, masculine plural allegri, feminine plural allegre, superlative allegrissimo)
* cheerful
* mirthful

##### Derived terms

* allegramente
* allegretto
* allegrezza
* allegria

##### Descendants

* → English: allegro
* → French: allegro, allégro (post-1990 spelling)
* → Greek: αλέγρος (alégros), αλλέγκρο (allégkro)
* → Norwegian: allegro
* → Portuguese: alegro
* → Turkish: allegro
* → Persian: آلگرو

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

allegro
* first-person singular present indicative of allegrare

### References

* ↑ allegro in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* allergo-, gallerò, legarlo

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Italian allegro.

### Adverb

allegro
* (music) allegro

### Noun

allegro m (definite singular allegroen, indefinite plural allegroar, definite plural allegroane)
* (music) an allegro

#### Usage notes

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

### References

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian allegro. Doublet of alegre.

### Adjective

allegro (invariable)
* Alternative form of alegro

### Adverb

allegro (not comparable)
* Alternative form of alegro

### Noun

allegro m (plural allegri)
* Alternative form of alegro

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian allegro.

### Adverb

allegro
* allegro

### Noun

allegro n (uncountable)
* allegro