andante

Borrowed from Italian andante.

• IPA^(key): /æn.ˈdæn.teɪ/

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andante (plural andantes)

1. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo; faster than adagio but slower than moderato.
   • 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 198:

     The music’s marking is andante, a delicate footfall.

2. (music) A passage having this mark.

andante (not comparable)

1. (music) Played at a moderately slow tempo.

andante (not comparable)

1. (music) Describing a passage having this mark.

• Dantean

Borrowed from Italian andante.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑndɑnt(ː)e/, [ˈɑndɑn̪t̪(ː)e̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑndɑnte
• Syllabification^(key): an‧dan‧te

andante

1. (music) andante

Rarely declined.

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.dɑ̃t/

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• Homophone: andantes

andante

1. (music) andante

andante m (plural andantes)

1. (music) andante

• “andante”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From andare.

• IPA^(key): /anˈdan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: an‧dàn‧te

andante (plural andanti)

1. going, walking
2. current (month)
3. continuous, unbroken
4. ordinary, of little value
5. agile

• andantemente

andante m (plural andanti)

1. (music) andante

andante (plural andanti)

1. present participle of andare

• andante in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• dannate

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: an‧dan‧te

From Old Portuguese andante, from andar (“to walk”) + -ante.

andante m or f (plural andantes)

1. who roams, wanders

   Cavaleiro andante. ― Knight-errant.

   Synonyms: erradio, errante, itinerante, vagabundo, vagamundo, vagante

andante m or f by sense (plural andantes)

1. roamer (one who roams)

   Synonyms: itinerante, vagabundo

• ambulante

Borrowed from Italian andante (“going”).

andante m (plural andantes)

1. (music) andante (passage to be played in a moderately slow tempo)

andante m or f (plural andantes)

1. (music) andante (played in a moderately slow tempo)

   Coordinate terms: adágio, alegro

• andantino

Unadapted borrowing from Italian andante.

andante

1. andante

• IPA^(key): /anˈdante/ [ãn̪ˈd̪ãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: an‧dan‧te

From andar (“to walk”) +‎ -ante.

andante (plural andantes)

1. walking, who roams, who wanders, errant

   Caballero andante. ― Knight-errant.

andante m or f (plural andantes)

1. roamer (one who roams)

• andar

Borrowed from Italian andante (“going”).

andante m (plural andantes)

1. (music) a tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo; faster than adagio but slower than allegretto
2. (music) a passage having this mark

andante (plural andantes)

1. (music) played in a moderately slow tempo

andante

1. (music) with a moderately slow tempo

• “andante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014