vivace

1. 1.

   (of tempo) very fast and lively

   Similarfast

1. 1.

   lively, in music

   “play this section vivace!”

Other forms of vivace

comparative

vivacer·

superlative

vivacest·

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 vivace

What does vivace mean?

vivace means "(of tempo) very fast and lively". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in vivace?

vivace has 2 syllables: vi-vace. The stress falls on "vi".

Is vivace a common word?

vivace 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.