adagietto
/əˌdæ(d)ʒiːˈɛtəʊ/noun, adverb, adjective
adagietto is spelled A-D-A-G-I-E-T-T-O: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, adagietto means “A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played slightly faster than adagio” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of adagietto is adagiettos.
How many letters and syllables are in adagietto?
| Letters | 9: A-D-A-G-I-E-T-T-O |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 76 million words; the 275,970th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is adagietto?
Adagietto appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce adagietto?
- UK /əˌdæ(d)ʒiːˈɛtəʊ/
- UK /əˌdɑː(d)ʒiːˈɛtəʊ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of adagietto
- adagiettos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does adagietto mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played slightly faster than adagio.
- 2
A passage having this mark.
- 3
A short adagio movement
adverb
- 1
More lighthearted than adagio.
adjective
- 1
Describing a passage having this mark.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Adagietto in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense passage:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does adagietto come from?
Borrowed from Italian adagietto, a diminutive of adagio.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).