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tempo.

a tempo

5 characters2 syllables approx.Norsk bokmål language

Meaning & usage

noun/tɛmpʊ/

  1. a tempo

    neuter

  2. pace

    neuter
Where this word comes from

From Italian tempo (“time, age, period, tense”), from Latin tempus (“portion or period of time”), either from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“to stretch, extend”), from *temp- (“to stretch, extend”), or from Proto-Indo-European *temh₂- (“to cut”).

adv/tɛmpɔ/

  1. only used in a tempo (“in time”)

Where this word comes from

From Italian tempo (“time, age, period, tense”), from Latin tempus (“portion or period of time”), either from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“to stretch, extend”), from *temp- (“to stretch, extend”), or from Proto-Indo-European *temh₂- (“to cut”).

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