scherzo

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈskɛətsəʊ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈskɛrtsoʊ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(skert′sō)

Inflections of 'scherzo' (n):
scherzos
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scherzi
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
scher•zo /ˈskɛrtsoʊ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. scher•zos, scher•zi 
    /ˈskɛrtsi/USA pronunciation .
  1. Music and Dancea part in a piece of music having a playful character.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
scher•zo  (skert′sō),USA pronunciation n., pl. scher•zos, scher•zi (skert′sē).USA pronunciation [Music.]
  1. Music and Dancea movement or passage of light or playful character, esp. as the second or third movement of a sonata or a symphony.
  • Italian: joke, derivative of scherzare to joke, of Langobardic origin, originally
  • 1850–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
scherzo / ˈskɛətsəʊ/ ( -zos, -zi / -tsiː/)
  1. a brisk lively movement, developed from the minuet, with a contrastive middle section (a trio)
    See minuet2
Etymology: Italian: joke, of Germanic origin; compare Middle High German scherzen to jest
'scherzo' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Dukas - minuet - scherzando - trio

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