prestissimo
English
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /pɹɛˈstɪsɪməʊ/
Adjective
prestissimo (not comparable)
- (music) Extremely fast, the fastest possible tempo. [from 18th c.]
Adverb
prestissimo (not comparable)
- (chiefly music) Very quickly. [from 19th c.]
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 286:
- A delegation of Norman gentry boldly requesting in 1771 the calling of the Normandy estates (which had been abolished in 1666) was despatched prestissimo to the Bastille.
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adverb
prestissimo
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Further reading
- “prestissimo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /preˈstis.si.mo/
- Rhymes: -issimo
- Hyphenation: pre‧stìs‧si‧mo
Adjective
prestissimo (feminine prestissima, masculine plural prestissimi, feminine plural prestissime)
- superlative degree of presto
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), superlative of presto.
Adverb
prestissimo
- (music) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Noun
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- music being played Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
References
- “prestissimo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), superlative of presto.
Adverb
prestissimo
- (music) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Noun
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- music being played Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Usage notes
- Prior to a revision in 2020, this noun was considered grammatically masculine.[1] The forms prestissimoen, prestissimoar, and prestissimoane were then made obsolete.
References
- “prestissimo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)
Romanian
Etymology
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
Adverb
prestissimo
- Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)