Accelerando

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /É‘.ËŒtʃɛl.É™.ˈɹɑn.do/
• UK IPA: /æksÉ›ləˈɹændəʊ/

Origin

Borrowing from it accelerando, from Latin accelero.

Full definition of accelerando

Noun

1. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at an increasing speed.
2. (music) A passage having this mark.

Adverb

1. (music) with a gradual increase in speed