scherzo
French, noun/skɛʁd.zo/
scherzo is spelled S-C-H-E-R-Z-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 84,649th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scherzo is a French masculine noun meaning “scherzo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Morceau de musique similaire à un menuet mais de caractère vif et brillant, indépendant ou intégré comme…”.
What does scherzo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescherzo
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Morceau de musique similaire à un menuet mais de caractère vif et brillant, indépendant ou intégré comme deuxième ou troisième mouvement d’une symphonie ou d’une sonate.
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 scherzo
- scherzos plural
- scherzi singular
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce scherzo?
- /skɛʁd.zo/
- \skɛʁ.dzo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to scherzo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is scherzo in French?
scherzo appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).