andante
French, noun/ɑ̃.dɑ̃t/
andante is spelled A-N-D-A-N-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 73,020th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Andante is a French masculine noun meaning “andante” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Air qui doit être joué dans ce mouvement”.
What does andante mean in English?
adverb
- 1
andante
noun
- 1
masculineandante
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Selon un tempo modéré.
noun: 1. Air qui doit être joué dans ce mouvement.
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 andante
- andantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce andante?
- /ɑ̃.dɑ̃t/
- /an.dan.te/
- \ɑ̃.dɑ̃t\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is andante in French?
andante appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).