allegretto

1. 1.

   a quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro

   Broadertempo
2. 2.

   a musical composition or musical passage to be performed at a somewhat quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro

   Broaderpassagemusical composition

1. 1.

   (of tempo) faster than allegro

   Similarfast

1. 1.

   in a moderately quick tempo

   “play this more allegretto”

   music

Other forms of allegretto

plural

allegrettoes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about allegretto

What does allegretto mean?

allegretto means "a quicker tempo than andante but not as fast as allegro". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in allegretto?

allegretto has 4 syllables: al-le-gret-to. The stress falls on "le".

Is allegretto a common word?

allegretto is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.