Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. In a slow tempo. Used chiefly as a direction.
- n. A lento passage or movement.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In music, at a slow tempo. Also lent.
Wiktionary
- adj. music Very slow.
- adv. music Very slowly.
GNU Webster's 1913
- (Mus.) Slow; in slow time; slowly; -- rarely written
lente .
WordNet 3.0
- adj. (of tempo) slow
- adv. in music
Etymologies
- Borrowing from Italian lento. (Wiktionary)
- Italian, from Latin lentus, slow. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“According to Lostpedia, typing in "lento" will allow you to cheat by slowing down the spheres.”
“However, typing in "lento" seems to make the asteroids speed drop dramatically, giving you time to move around safely.”
“Stick it together and you get BPM 40-60, which apparently in music corresponds to the word "lento".”
“In other words, what out be on the outside? rei. lento Says:”
“You can all love this post as much as you want – it just gave me a pit in my stomach.rei. lento Says:”
“I wish fewer people would think it were acceptable.rei. lento Says:”
“En la materia de transferencia de calor tengo un proyecto referente a la aplicacion de la energia solar, en mi caso para aumentar la temperatura del agua. pero encuentro que es un proceso muy lento y poco eficiente.”
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“Video musicale dal ritmo lento ispirato agli anni 70 che combina 3D ed immagini dal vivo.”
“Abanye abathandanga lento kwaba 7 abanye no 5 abanye”
Speech delivered by Hon SN Nxumalo of the Portfolio Committee on Communications
“A volte mi sento davvero così lento… Poi mi accorgo che è soltanto il mio intestino.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lento’.
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harmony of the spheres
tonic, supertonic, mediant, subdominant, dominant, submediant, subtonic, leading tone, progression, sonata, concerto, allegro and 247 more...
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...:::bella:::...
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Willieb's Words
pusillanimous, exigible, extraneous, contemptible, banal, generic, secular, canard, acerbic, erudite, versus, atheist and 192 more...
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random
words I read but don't know
nascent, proxy, desultory, charlatan, churlish, emaciated, gaudy, shill, lurid, frisson, marauding, plunder and 610 more...
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thricedotted's Words
schadenfreude, vanquish, calumny, obsequious, rhapsody, expostulate, promontory, bordello, quintessence, catharsis, recapitulation, myriad and 937 more...
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clef
caprice, variation, violin, harpsichord, adagio, allegro, scherzo, opera, tenor, soprano, alto, mezzo and 62 more...
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Tempo Indications
larghissimo, largo, larghetto, adagissimo, adagio, adagietto, lentissimo, lento, andante, andantino, moderato, allegretto and 27 more...
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Slow or Sluggish
English or Latin words meaning slow, sluggish, slow-paced, tardy-paced, slow-footed, tardy-footed, halting, or slow in speaking.
lent, languid, ignave, lento, jacent, tardy, torpid, tardipes, tardigrade, tardigradous, tardiloquent
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Music
serenata, callithumpian, fioritura, diatonic, rhythmics, lento, hypodiapente, virtuoso, ugab, teneramente, timist, agada and 1 more...
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Musical Terms
Various terms, common and uncommon, relating to musical scores.
largo, andante, adagio, lento, moderato, allegro, vivace, presto, fermata, appoggiatura, acciaccatura, trill and 56 more...
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Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do!
Musical words
aria, scherzo, lilting, tango, crescendo, diminuendo, jazz, dulcet, cadence, serenade, poliphony, largo and 26 more...
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Words I Should Probably Know But Don'...
Alternative title: New Words
Alternative title 2: Spoonerist Is A Big Dumb Dumbhead Who Should Really Read Moresaturnine, metempsychosis, wroth, fugue, lugubrious, etiolated, lento, canard, fustian, callipygous, pullulate, mucid and 10 more...
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