non troppo
[ non trop-oh, troh-poh, nohn troh-poh; Italian nawn trawp-paw ]
/ nɒn ˈtrɒp oʊ, ˈtroʊ poʊ, noʊn ˈtroʊ poʊ; Italian nɔn ˈtrɔp pɔ /
adverb Music.
not too much: allegro non troppo.
Origin of non troppo
Borrowed into English from Italian around 1850–55
Words nearby non troppo
non prosequitur,
non rep.,
non repetatur,
non seq.,
non sequitur,
non troppo,
non-,
non-a hepatitis,
non-a, non-b hepatitis,
non-art,
non-catholic
British Dictionary definitions for non troppo
non troppo
/ (ˈnɒn ˈtrɒpəʊ) /
adverb
music (preceded by a musical direction, esp a tempo marking)
not to be observed too strictly (esp in the phrases allegro ma non troppo, adagio ma non troppo)