# impromptu
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from French impromptu.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ɪmˈpɹɒmptju/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ɪmˈpɹɑmpt(j)u/

### Adjective

impromptu (not comparable)
* Improvised; without prior preparation, planning or rehearsal.
    Synonyms: extemporaneous, unplanned; see also Thesaurus:impromptu
    The party began with an impromptu rendition of 'Happy Birthday'.
    an impromptu speech

#### Translations
### Noun

impromptu (plural impromptus)
* (music) A short musical composition for an informal occasion often with the character of improvisation and usually to be played solo.
** 1997, Christopher H. Gibbs, The Cambridge Companion to Schubert, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 168:The second impromptu is a dance-like Allegretto in A flat major, with a trio in D flat major employing arpeggiated textures.
* (by extension) Any composition, musical or otherwise, that is created on the spot without preparation.

#### Translations
## French
### Etymology

Univerbation of the Latin adverbial locution in prōmptū (“ready, at hand”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ̃.pʁɔ̃p.ty/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

impromptu (feminine impromptue, masculine plural impromptus, feminine plural impromptues)
* improvised, not planned
    une visite impromptue. ― an unplanned visit

### Noun

impromptu m (plural impromptus)
* improvised action
    Synonym: improviste
    à l’impromptu ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
** 1868, Sainte-Beuve, Pensées:Talleyrand prévoyait à l’avance ses bons mots, que la circonstance lui tirait ensuite à l’impromptu.Talleyrand prepared his witticisms in advance, then deployed them spontaneously as the circumstances required.
* (music) impromptu
    Synonyms: improvisation, impro
** 1928, Du Bos, Journal:Quand je faisais mentalement des réserves sur Fauré, celles-ci portaient sur les Barcarolles, les Nocturnes et les Impromptus.When I had reservations in my mind about Fauré, they concerned his barcarolles, his nocturnes and his impromptus.

### Further reading

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

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French impromptu (“improvised, not planned; improvised action”).

### Adjective

impromptu
* improvised, extemporaneous, unplanned: without prior preparation, planning, or rehearsal.

### Further reading

* “impromptu” 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

Borrowed from French impromptu.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /em.prompˈty/$^{**}$, /em.prompˈtu/$^*$
* Rhymes: -u

### Noun

impromptu m (invariable)
* (music) impromptu
    Synonym: improvviso

### References

* ↑ impromptu in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
* ↑ impromptu in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French impromptu.

### Noun

impromptu n (plural impromptuuri)
* impromptu

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Noun

impromptu m (plural impromptus)
* impromptu

### Further reading

* “impromptu”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10