lentissimo

1. 1.

   (of tempo) very slow

   Similarslow

Questions about lentissimo

What does lentissimo mean?

lentissimo means "(of tempo) very slow".

How many syllables are in lentissimo?

lentissimo has 4 syllables and divides as len-tis-si-mo under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is lentissimo a common word?

lentissimo 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.