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prestissimo

French, adverb\pʁɛs.ti.si.mo\

prestissimo is spelled P-R-E-S-T-I-S-S-I-M-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written French, the 270,259th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prestissimo is a French adverb meaning “prestissimo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Superlatif de presto : très prestement”.

What does prestissimo mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    prestissimo

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. Superlatif de presto : très prestement.

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.

How do you pronounce prestissimo?

  • \pʁɛs.ti.si.mo\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is prestissimo in French?

prestissimo appears about once in every 74 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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