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prestissimo

UK/pɹɛˈstɪsɪməʊ/

prestissimo adjective: extremely fast, the fastest possible tempo.

Adjective

prestissimo (not comparable)

  1. Extremely fast, the fastest possible tempo.

Adverb

prestissimo (not comparable)

  1. Very quickly.
    • A delegation of Norman gentry boldly requesting in 1771 the calling of the Normandy estates (which had been abolished in 1666) was despatched prestissimo to the Bastille.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 286

Noun

prestissimo

  1. An extremely section of music.
    • The dance starts with a slow tempo, but the more the excitement rises the quicker becomes the tempo, until finally it becomes a whirling prestissimo.1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 370

prestissimo meaning in Tamil

prestissimo in Tamil

முடுகியல்பு

Origin of prestissimo

Borrowed from Italian prestissimo.

Questions about prestissimo

What does prestissimo mean?
Prestissimo means extremely fast, the fastest possible tempo.
What is prestissimo in Tamil?
Prestissimo in Tamil is முடுகியல்பு. See Prestissimo meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is prestissimo?
Prestissimo can be an adjective, an adverb or a noun.
How do you pronounce prestissimo?
Prestissimo is pronounced /pɹɛˈstɪsɪməʊ/ (UK).

Words near prestissimo in the dictionary

  1. prestimulus
  2. prestin
  3. presting
  4. prestins
  5. Prestis
  6. prestissimo
  7. prestitial
  8. presto
  9. presto change-o
  10. presto changeo
  11. presto chango

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prestissimo (page history and authors); prestissimo (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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