improviso
See also: improvisó
English
Etymology
Latin improvisus (“unforeseen”); compare Italian improvviso.
Adjective
improviso (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Not prepared beforehand; unpremeditated; extemporaneous.
- a. 1784, Samuel Johnson, "Improviso Translation of the following lines of M. Benserade A Son Lit"
References
- “improviso”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Catalan
Galician
Latin
Alternative forms
References
- “improviso”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.pɾoˈvi.zu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ĩ.pɾoˈvi.zo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.pɾuˈvi.zu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ĩ.pɾuˈbi.zu/ [ĩ.pɾuˈβi.zu]
- Hyphenation: im‧pro‧vi‧so
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin imprōvīsus (“unforeseen”).
Noun
improviso m (plural improvisos)
- improvisation (act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, without prior preparation)
- makeshift (a temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /impɾoˈbiso/ [ĩm.pɾoˈβ̞i.so]
- Rhymes: -iso
- Syllabification: im‧pro‧vi‧so
Etymology 1
From Latin imprōvīsus.
Adjective
improviso (feminine improvisa, masculine plural improvisos, feminine plural improvisas)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Further reading
- “improviso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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