accelerando
French, adverb/ak.se.le.ʁɑ̃.do/
accelerando is spelled A-C-C-E-L-E-R-A-N-D-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written French, the 212,128th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Accelerando is a French adverb meaning “accelerando” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does accelerando mean in English?
adverb
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accelerando
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tempo qui accélère progressivement.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de accelerando.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of accelerando
- accelerandos plural
- accélérando
- accélérandos plural
- accelerando
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce accelerando?
- /ak.se.le.ʁɑ̃.do/
- \ak.se.le.ʁɑ̃.do\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is accelerando in French?
accelerando appears about once in every 45 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).