impromptu
Syllables: im·promp·tu/ɪmˈpɹɒmp.t(j)u//ɪmˈpɹɒmp.tju/
impromptu adjective: improvised; without prior preparation, planning, or rehearsal.
Adjective
impromptu (not comparable)
- Improvised; without prior preparation, planning, or rehearsal.
- an impromptu speech
- The party began with an impromptu rendition of “Happy Birthday”.
- Synonyms:
- extemporaneous, extempore, ad lib, unplanned, extemporal, extemporary, extemporized, gash, improvised, improviso
Adverb
impromptu (not comparable)
- Extemporaneously; without prior preparation, planning, or rehearsal.
- happened impromptu
- was done impromptu
- Synonyms:
- ex tempore, extempore, ad lib, cold
Noun
impromptu (plural impromptus)
- A short musical composition for an informal occasion often with the character of improvisation and usually to be played solo.
- The second impromptu is a dance-like Allegretto in A flat major, with a trio in D flat major employing arpeggiated textures.1997, Christopher H. Gibbs, The Cambridge Companion to Schubert, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 168
- Any composition, musical or otherwise, that is created on the spot without preparation.
Verb
impromptu (third-person singular simple present impromptus, present participle impromptuing, simple past and past participle impromptued)
- To compose offhand.
- Synonyms:
- extemporize, improvise
impromptu meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
impromptu in Tamil
- ஆசாற்றுகை, ஆசுப்பேச்சு, முன் முயற்சியற்ற, முன்னேற்பாடற்ற, ஆசாக, ஆசான
impromptu in Urdu
- برجستہ, بےساختہ, فی البدیح
impromptu in Bengali
- সংগঠন, মহড়া ছাড়াই সম্পন্ন কিছু, প্রস্তুতি ছাড়াই
impromptu in Malayalam
- unprepared, unrehearsed, unscripted
- മുന്നൊരുക്കം കൂടാതെയുള്ള, തയ്യാറെടുക്കാതെയുള്ള, പെട്ടെന്നുള്ള, പൂർവ്വാഭ്യാസം കൂടാതെയുള്ള, അനെെച്ഛികമായ, അഭ്യാസം ചെയ്യാത്ത
- spontaneously, extempore, extemporaneously
- മുൻവിചാരം കൂടാതെ, അകസ്മാത്തായി, അനൗദ്യോഗികമായി, തയ്യാറെടുക്കാതെ, പെട്ടെന്ന്, അനിച്ഛാപൂർവ്വമായി
More languagesFewer languages
- impromptu in Kannada
- ಮುನ್ನೋರದ, ಮುನ್ನೇರ್ಪಾಡಿಲ್ಲದ, ಆಶು, ಪೂರ್ವಸಿದ್ಧತೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ
- impromptu in Indonesian
- impromptu
- impromptu in Persian
- فیالبداهه fe-l-bedâhe
Examples of impromptu in a sentence
- The couple threw an impromptu kitchen supper when the dinner reservations fell through.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:impromptus.
- An impromptu flypast by the Red Arrows finished off the special event in style.
Synonyms of impromptu
- extemporaneous
- extempore
- ad lib
- unplanned
- extemporary
- extemporized
- gash
- improvised
- improviso
- off-the-cuff
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Forms of impromptu
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | impromptus |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | impromptus |
| present participle | impromptuing |
| past participle | impromptued |
| past | impromptued |
Origin of impromptu
Unadapted borrowing from French impromptu.
Words formed from impromptu
Questions about impromptu
- What does impromptu mean?
- Impromptu means improvised; without prior preparation, planning, or rehearsal.
- What is impromptu in Tamil?
- Impromptu in Tamil is ஆசாற்றுகை, ஆசுப்பேச்சு, முன் முயற்சியற்ற. See Impromptu meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is impromptu?
- Impromptu can be an adjective, an adverb, a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce impromptu?
- Impromptu is pronounced /ɪmˈpɹɒmp.t(j)u/.
Words near impromptu in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: impromptu (page history and authors); impromptu (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); impromptu (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); impromptu (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); impromptu (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); impromptu (Kannada 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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