prestissimo

1. 1.

   (of tempo) as fast as possible

   Similarfast

1. 1.

   extremely fast; as fast as possible

   “this passage should be played prestissimo”

   music

Questions about prestissimo

What does prestissimo mean?

prestissimo means "(of tempo) as fast as possible". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in prestissimo?

prestissimo has 4 syllables: pre-stis-si-mo. The stress falls on "stis".

Is prestissimo a common word?

prestissimo 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.