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andante

Syllables: an·dan·te/ænˈdæn.ti//ɑnˈdɑn(ˌ)teɪ/

andante noun: a tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo; faster than adagio but slower than moderato.

Noun

andante (plural andantes)

  1. A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo; faster than adagio but slower than moderato.
    • The music’s marking is andante, a delicate footfall.2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 198
  2. A passage having this mark.

Adverb

andante (not comparable)

  1. Played at a moderately slow tempo.

Adjective

andante (not comparable)

  1. Describing a passage having this mark.

andante meaning in Tamil

andante in Tamil

இடைநடைச் செலவு, மட்டமான மென்னடைப் பாட்டு, இடைநடைச் செலவில், மட்டமான மென்னடையில்

Forms of andante

pluralandantes

Origin of andante

Borrowed from Italian andante.

Words formed from andante

Words that rhyme with andante

3 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about andante

What does andante mean?
Andante means a tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo; faster than adagio but slower than moderato.
What is andante in Tamil?
Andante in Tamil is இடைநடைச் செலவு, மட்டமான மென்னடைப் பாட்டு, இடைநடைச் செலவில். See Andante meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is andante?
Andante can be a noun, an adverb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce andante?
Andante is pronounced /ænˈdæn.ti/ (UK).
What is the plural of andante?
The plural of andante is andantes.

Words near andante in the dictionary

  1. Andaman crakes
  2. Andaman Islands
  3. Andaman Sea
  4. Andamanese
  5. Andamans
  6. andante
  7. andante moderato
  8. andantes
  9. andantino
  10. andantinos
  11. Andap

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: andante (page history and authors); andante (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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