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accelerando
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian accelerando, from Latin accelero.
Pronunciation
Noun
accelerando (plural accelerandos or accelerandoes)
- (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at an increasing speed.
- (music) A passage having this mark.
- (by extension) Accelerating or exponential advancement or development (of a thing).
- 2012, George Steiner, The Poetry of Thought, p. 195:
- The accelerando of the sciences and of technology, their mathematization have beggared both the reach and the veracity of natural language.
Adverb
accelerando (not comparable)
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French
Pronunciation
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Adverb
accelerando
Further reading
- “accelerando”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Italian accelerando (“accelerating”).
Adverb
accelerando
- (music) accelerando
- Synonym: dipercepat
Further reading
- “accelerando” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Verb
accelerando
- gerund of accelerare
Adverb
accelerando
Latin
Participle
accelerandō
Romanian
Etymology
Adverb
accelerando
Swedish
Adverb
accelerando (not comparable)
Noun
accelerando n
- (music) a passage played accelerando
Declension
References
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