arioso
French, adverb/a.ʁjo.zo/
arioso is a French adverb meaning “in an arioso style” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Indique un chant soutenu et approprié aux airs”.
What does arioso mean in English?
adverb
- 1
in an arioso style
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Indique un chant soutenu et approprié aux airs.
noun: 1. Pièce vocale proche du récitatif.
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 arioso
- ariosos plural
- ariosi plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arioso?
- /a.ʁjo.zo/
- \a.ʁjɔ.so\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arioso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arioso in French?
arioso appears about once in every 51 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).