prestissimo

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English

Etymology

From Italian prestissimo.

Pronunciation

Adjective

prestissimo (not comparable)

  1. (music) Extremely fast, the fastest possible tempo.

Adverb

prestissimo (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly music) Very quickly.
    • 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

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Adverb

prestissimo

  1. prestissimo

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian prestissimo.

Adverb

prestissimo

  1. (music) prestissimo

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From presto +‎ -issimo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /preˈstis.si.mo/
  • Rhymes: -issimo
  • Hyphenation: pre‧stìs‧si‧mo

Adjective

prestissimo (feminine prestissima, masculine plural prestissimi, feminine plural prestissime)

  1. superlative degree of presto

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian prestissimo, superlative of presto.

Adverb

prestissimo

  1. (music) prestissimo

Noun

prestissimo n (definite singular prestissimoet, indefinite plural prestissimo or prestissimoer, definite plural prestissimoa or prestissimoene)

  1. music being played prestissimo

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian prestissimo, superlative of presto.

Adverb

prestissimo

  1. (music) prestissimo

Noun

prestissimo n (definite singular prestissimoet, indefinite plural prestissimo, definite plural prestissimoa)

  1. music being played prestissimo

Usage notes

References

  1. ^ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian prestissimo.

Adverb

prestissimo

  1. prestissimo