movimento

See also: movimentò

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo.viˈmen.to/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: mo‧vi‧mén‧to

Etymology 1

From muovere ‎ -mento, perhaps based partly on Medieval Latin mōvimentum, from Latin moveō. Compare French mouvement.

Noun

movimento m (plural movimenti)

1. movement
2. (music) tempo mark

   Synonym: celerità di esecuzione

   Hyponyms: adagio, andante, allegro, grave, largo, presto

3. (music, by extension) movement (division of a larger composition)
4. exercise
5. motion
6. bustle
7. clockwork

Etymology 2

Verb

movimento

1. first-person singular present indicative of movimentare

Further reading

• movimento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Ladino

Alternative forms

• movimiento, movimyento

Noun

movimento m (Latin spelling, plural movimentos)

1. movement

Latin

Noun

mōvimentō

1. dative/ablative singular of mōvimentum

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mo.viˈmẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mo.viˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mo.viˈmẽ.to/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.viˈmẽ.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.viˈmẽ.tu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mu.biˈmẽ.tu/ [mu.βiˈmẽ.tu]

Etymology 1

From mover ‎ -imento, perhaps based partly on Medieval Latin mōvimentum, from Latin moveō, from Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- (“to move”).

Noun

movimento m (plural movimentos)

1. (uncountable) movement (physical motion)

   Synonyms: deslocação, deslocamento, locomoção, moção, movimentação

2. (uncountable) the flow of people or vehicles in a location

   Synonyms: fluxo, movimentação, tráfego

3. movement (group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals)

   Synonym: campanha

4. (finance) financial transaction

   Synonym: transação

Derived terms

• movimento ameboide
• movimento browniano
• movimento de terra
• movimento direto
• movimento diurno
• movimento eustático
• movimento finito
• movimento infinito
• movimento laminar
• movimento peristáltico
• movimento retrógrado
• movimento social

 

Related terms

• movimentação
• movimentacional
• movimentado
• movimentador
• movimentar
• movimentismo
• movimentoso

 

See also

• moção

Etymology 2

Verb

movimento

1. first-person singular present indicative of movimentar