# adagio
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /əˈdɑːd͡ʒiəʊ/, /əˈdæd͡ʒiəʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

adagio (plural adagios)
* (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully.
* (music) A passage having this mark.
* (dance) A male-female duet or mixed trio ballet displaying demanding balance, spins and/or lifts.

#### Translations
### Adverb

adagio (not comparable)
* (music) Played rather slowly.

#### Translations
### Adjective

adagio (not comparable)
* (music) Describing a passage having this mark.

#### Translations
## Basque
### Etymology

Ultimately from Italian adagio.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /adaɡio/ [a.ð̞a.ɣ̞i.o]
* Rhymes: -io, -o
* Hyphenation: a‧da‧gi‧o

### Adverb

adagio (not comparable)
* (music) adagio

### Noun

adagio inan
* (music) adagio

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “adagio”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “adagio”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aːˈdaː.dʒoː/, /aːˈdaː.(d)ʒi.oː/
* Hyphenation: ada‧gio

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin adā̆giō.

#### Noun

adagio n (plural adagios, diminutive adagiootje n)
* adage
    Synonym: adagium

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

#### Noun

adagio n (plural adagios, diminutive adagiootje n)
* (music, dance) adagio

#### Adverb

adagio
* (music) adagio

#### Adjective

adagio (not comparable)
* (music) describing a passage having this mark

##### Declension
### Further reading

* M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.da(d)ʒ.jo/
* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

adagio
* (music) adagio

### Noun

adagio m (plural adagios)
* (music) adagio

### Further reading

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

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English adagio, from Italian adagio.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈda.ɡjɔ/, /aˈda.d͡ʒɔ/
* Rhymes: -ɔ
* Hyphenation: a‧da‧gio

### Noun

adagio
* adagio
** (music) a tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully
** (music) a passage having this mark
** (dance) a male-female duet or mixed trio ballet displaying demanding balance, spins and/or lifts

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈda.d͡ʒo/
* Rhymes: -adʒo
* Hyphenation: a‧dà‧gio

### Etymology 1

Univerbation of ad (“at”) +‎ agio (“ease”).

#### Adverb

adagio (superlative adagissimo)
* slowly

#### Noun

adagio m (plural adagi)
* (music) adagio

##### Descendants

* → Dutch: adagio
* → English: adagio
* → French: adagio
* → Norwegian Bokmål: adagio
* → Norwegian Nynorsk: adagio
* → Polish: adagio
* → Portuguese: adágio
* → Romanian: adagio
* → Spanish: adagio
* → Swedish: adagio

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

adagio
* first-person singular present indicative of adagiare

### Etymology 3

Learned borrowing from Latin adā̆giō.

#### Noun

adagio m (plural adagi)
* proverb, adage or saying

#### See also

* aforismo
* proverbio
* apoftegma
* motto

## Latin
### Noun

adā̆giō f (genitive adā̆giōnis); third declension
* Alternative form of adā̆gium

#### Declension

Third-declension noun.

### Noun

adā̆giō
* dative/ablative singular of adā̆gium

### Further reading

* “adagio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* adagio in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian adagio (“slowly”).

### Adverb

adagio
* (music) adagio

### Noun

adagio m (definite singular adagioen, indefinite plural adagioer, definite plural adagioene)
* (music) an adagio

#### Usage notes

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

### References

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

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian adagio (“slowly”).

### Adverb

adagio
* (music) adagio

### Noun

adagio m (definite singular adagioen, indefinite plural adagioar, definite plural adagioane)
* (music) an adagio

#### Usage notes

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

### References

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

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* adadżjo (pre-reform orthography (1936))
* adadżio

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian adagio. First attested in 1823.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈda.d͡ʐjɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ad͡ʐjɔ
* Syllabification: a‧da‧gio

### Noun

adagio n (indeclinable)
* (music) adagio (a tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully)
* (music) adagio (a passage having this mark)
* (dance) adagio (a male-female duet or mixed trio ballet displaying demanding balance, spins and/or lifts)

#### Declension

Indeclinable, or rarely:

### Adjective

adagio (not comparable, no derived adverb)
* (music) adagio (describing a passage having this mark)

### Adverb

adagio (not comparable)
* (music) adagio (played rather slowly)

### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “adagio”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “adagio”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
* ↑ Kurjer Warszawski‎ (in Polish), volume 3, t.2, number 167, 1823, page 1

### Further reading

* adagio in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* adagio in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “adadżjo”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “adadżjo”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 7
* “adagio”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish], 2022

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

### Noun

adagio n (uncountable)
* adagio

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈdaxjo/ [aˈð̞a.xjo]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -axjo
* Syllabification: a‧da‧gio

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

#### Adverb

adagio
* (music) adagio

#### Noun

adagio m (plural adagios)
* (music) adagio

### Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin adā̆giō.

#### Noun

adagio m (plural adagios)
* adage (old saying)

### Further reading

* “adagio”, 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

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian adagio.

### Adverb

adagio
* (music) adagio (slowly)

### Noun

adagio n
* (music) adagio

#### Declension
### References

* adagio in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔaˈdahio/ [ʔɐˈd̪aː.hjo]
* Rhymes: -ahio
* Syllabification: a‧da‧gi‧o

### Adverb

adágió (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇᜑᜒᜌᜓ)
* Alternative spelling of adahiyo