Impromptu

Definitions: Impromptu

Impromptu

Adjective

1. In response to an unforeseen need; "an impromptu speech"; "a spur-of-the-moment party".

Adverb

1. Without advance preparation; "he spoke ad lib".

Noun

1. An extemporaneous speech or remark; "a witty impromptu must not sound premeditated".

2. A short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "impromptu" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1613. (references)

Synonyms: Impromptu

Impulse

Noun: impulse, sudden thought; impromptu, improvisation; inspiration, flash, spurt.

Adverb: extempore, extemporaneously; offhand, impromptu, a limproviste; improviso; on the spur of the moment, on the spur of the occasion.

Preparation

Preparedness, readiness, ripeness, mellowness; maturity; un impromptu fait a loisir.

Crosswords: Impromptu

Czech (impromptu), French (extemporaneous, impromptu, improvised, unexpected), German (impromptu), Spanish (impromptu), Swedish (impromptu).

It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Impromptu Balear (1971)

Romance impromptu (1933)

Impromptu (1932)

An Impromptu Hairdresser (1900)

Ohio Impromptu (2000)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• After-Dinner Verses: A Collection of Impulsive and Impromptu Verses Containing Repartee in Verse, Poems on Panes, Rhyming Wills, Old Tavern Signs, en (reference)

• An Impromptu Charade (Zebra Regency Romance) (reference)

• Encyclopedia of Impromptu Magic (reference)

• Impromptu Magic from the Magic Castle (Magic Castle Library) (reference)

• Impromptu on Nuns' Island (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Impromptu (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Chopin: Polonaises; Fantaisie Impromptu; Tarantella; Berceuse (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Impromptu 4.01 Database Connector (reference)

• Impromptu 5.0 Administrator (reference)

• Impromptu 5.0 user (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Sculpting ice for the entrance to an impromptu shelter in the ice.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Civil Liberties

Cuba

However, on September 28, one of the organizers of the impromptu march, Carlos Alberto Dominguez, was detained briefly in his home and taken to the nearest police station; he was released without charge. (references)

Economic History

Romania

An impromptu governing coalition, the National Salvation Front (FSN), installed itself and proclaimed the restoration of democracy and freedom. (references)

Travel

Czech Rep

It is best to start arranging meetings several weeks before you visit, as Czechs are reluctant to arrange impromptu meetings at the last minute. (references)

Worker Rights

Tanzania

Frustrated workers have staged impromptu, illegal wildcat strikes and walkouts pending a resolution of their cases in the Industrial Court. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "impromptu": impromptu speech ♦ un impromptu fait a loisir. Additional references.

Ending with "impromptu": fantaisie-impromptu.

Albanian

improvizim (extemporization, improvisation, vamp), i improvizuar (extemporaneous, extemporary, improvised, makeshift), spontanisht, fjalim i papërgatitur, aty për aty (at once, away, down, instantly, out of hand, straightway). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مرتجل (ad lib, extemporaneous, extemporary, extemporized, improvised, off hand, pickup), ‏إرتجالا (on the spur of the moment), ‏شىء مرتجل (improvisation). (various references)

Bulgarian 

експромпто, експромпт, без предварителна подготовка, импровизация (extemporization, improvisation), импровизиран (candid, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, improvised, makeshift, off the cuff, offhand, rough and ready, scratch, unpremeditated). (various references)

Chinese 

即兴 (ad-lib). (various references)

Czech

improvizovaný (ad lib, improvised, offhand, scratch, unprepared, unrehearsed), impromptu, neohlášený (unannounced), mluvit spatra (ad lib, speak off the cuff). (various references)

Farsi 

کاری که بی مطالعه انجام دهند, تصنیف (Ballad, Sing, Song), بی مطالعه , بالبداهه حرف زدن , بالبداهه , بداهتا. (various references)

French

impromptu (improvised). (various references)

German

improvisiert (extemporaneous, extemporary, improvised, improvises, makeshift, scratch, unscripted, vamps). (various references)

Greek 

εκ του πρόχειρου (extempore, offhanded), αυτοσχέδιοσ (extemporaneous, extemporary, improvised, offhand). (various references)

Hebrew 

מאולתר (extemporary, improvised), אלתור (improvisation). (various references)

Hungarian

rögtönzött (ad lib, ad-lib, extemporal, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, hop, improvisational, improvised, jury, makeshift, off hand, off-hand, scratch, snap, unpremeditated, unprompted, unrehearsed), rögtönzés (ad-lib, extemporization, gag, improvisation), rögtönözve (extemporaneously, extemporarily, extempore), improvizáció (improvisation). (various references)

Indonesian

awangan (extemporaneous). (various references)

Italian

improvvisato (extemporary, extempore, improvised, makeshift, offhand, offhanded), estemporaneo (extemporaneous, extemporary, improvises, offhand). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

即座 (immediate, right there on the spot). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

そくざ (immediate, right there on the spot), ぐうせい, そっきょうきょく, そっきょう (improvisation, off the cuff, without a score), アンプロンプチュ . (various references)

Manx

gyn aarlaghey (extempore, extemporise, offhand, undressed), cheuraght. (various references)

Pig Latin

impromptuay.(various references)

Portuguese

improviso (ad lib, extempore), peça teatral, desonestidade (dishonesty, immorality, indirection, knavery, obliquity, shuffle, untruth), de improviso (familiarly). (various references)

Romanian

improvizat (extemporaneous, extempore, off hand, off-handed, unpremeditated), improvizaţie (apology, improvisation, offhandishness), pe neaşteptate (abruptly, all at once, all of a sudden, off hand, on a sudden, short, shortly, slap, snap, suddenly, unawares, unexpectedly, upon a sudden), ex abrupto. (various references)

Russian 

экспромтом (extemporaneously, offhand, out of hand), экспромт (extemporization), без подготовки (off hand, off the cuff, out of hand, unprepared), импровизация (extemporization, improvisation). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

izvođenje bez pripreme, sastav bez pripreme, na brzu ruku (hurriedly, offhand, offhanded, offhandedly, slapdash), bez pripreme (extempore, offhand). (various references)

Spanish

improvisado (extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, improvised, makeshift, offhanded, rough and ready), improvisación (ad lib, extemporization, improvisation, makeshift), impremeditado (unpremeditated), sin preparación (extempore), repentinamente (all of a sudden), no preparado de antemano, espontáneo (spontaneous, unstudied), de repente (abruptly, all at once, all of a sudden, by surprise, on the spur of the moment, suddenly), de improviso (extempore, offhand). (various references)

Swedish

improviserat (ad lib), improviserad (extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, scratch), improvisation (extemporization, improvisation, vamp), impromptu, oförberett (extempore), oförberedd (extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, off hand, off the cuff, offhand, offhanded, unprepared, unprovided, unrehearsed). (various references)

Turkish

hazırlıksız yapılmış şey, hazırlıksız yapılan (ad lib), emproptü, doğaçlama (ad lib, happening, improvisation, jumped-up). (various references)

Ukranian 

імпровізований (extemporaneous, improvised, off the cuff, offhand, offhanded, soapbox), імпровізація (extempore, extemporization, improvisation), експромтом (cold, extempore, offhand), експромт (extempore, extemporization). (various references)

Vietnamese 

b� i thơ ứng khẩu, b� i nói ứng khẩu. (various references)

Welsh

difyfyr, byrfyfyr. (various references)

in promptu. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "impromptu": impromptus. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Impromptu" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: imprimit, imprommptu, imprompth, impromptue, impromtu, impromtue, improptu, inpromptu. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: optimum, protium.

-3 letters: import, prompt.

-4 letters: opium, primo, primp, tromp, trump, tumor.

-5 letters: momi, mort, mump, omit, pimp, pomp, port, pour, pout, prim, prom, prop, pump, puri, riot, romp, roti, roup, rout, rump, tiro, topi, tori, tour, trim, trio, trip, trop, tump.

+1 letter: impromptus.

49 6D 70 72 6F 6D 70 74 75

⁼

..    --    .--.    .-.    ---    --    .--.    -    ..-

01001001 01101101 01110000 01110010 01101111 01101101 01110000 01110100 01110101

&#73 &#109 &#112 &#114 &#111 &#109 &#112 &#116 &#117

0049 006D 0070 0072 006F 006D 0070 0074 0075

437982848179828687