tempoとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈtɛm.pəʊ/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈtɛm.poʊ/
• 韻: -ɛmpəʊ

語源 1

Borrowed from Italian tempo, from Latin tempus (“time”). Doublet of tense.

(truck or cargo van): A genericized trademark, originally associated with the manufacturer Vidal & Sohn Tempo-Werke GmbH.

名詞

tempo (plural tempos or tempi)

1. A frequency or rate.

   10 calls per hour isn't a bad start, but we'll need to up the tempo if we want to reach our target of selling insurance policies.

   The conductor asked the orchestra to increase the tempo.

   The song has a slow tempo that makes it relaxing.

   The dancer kept pace with the shifting tempo of the music.

2. (chess) A move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another.
3. (bridge) The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first to initiate a strategy to develop tricks for one's side.
4. The timing of a particular event – earlier or later than in an alternative situation (as in chess example)
5. (music) The number of beats per minute in a piece of music; also, an indicative term denoting approximate rate of speed in written music (examples: allegro, andante)
6. (cycling) The steady pace set by the frontmost riders.
7. A small truck or cargo van with three or four wheels, commonly used for commercial transport and deliveries (particularly in Asian and African countries).
   • 2025, Banu Mushtaq, “Be a Woman Once, Oh Lord!”, in Deepa Bhasthi, transl., Heart Lamp, And Other Stories, page 208:

     From the back door of a tempo with his too-strong hands he lifted a woman wearing red clothes, like a precious jewel wrapped in gold embroidered cloth.

8. (American football) A rapid rate of play by the offense resulting from reducing the amount of time which elapses after one play ends and the next starts.

使用する際の注意点

The plural tempi is mostly used in the musical and chess worlds; other meanings generally have the plural tempos.

関連する語

参考

• one step ahead

語源 2

Clipping of temporary.

名詞

tempo (plural tempos)

1. A temporary carport.