"a piacere" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Etymology: Borrowed from Italian a piacere. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|a piacere}} Italian a piacere Head templates: {{en-adv|-|nolink=1}} a piacere (not comparable)
  1. (music) At pleasure. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: ad libitum, ad lib
    Sense id: en-a_piacere-en-adv-3no7-WxF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Music, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 56 3 2 28 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 2 1 40 14 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Prepositional phrase [Italian]

Etymology: Literally, “at pleasure”. Etymology templates: {{yesno||l|L}} L, {{m-g|at pleasure}} “at pleasure”, {{lit|at pleasure}} Literally, “at pleasure” Head templates: {{head|it|prepositional phrase}} a piacere
  1. at will Synonyms: a volontà
    Sense id: en-a_piacere-it-prep_phrase-JMx5tLpd
  2. whichever one wants; as much/many as one wants Synonyms: libero, a scelta, a volontà, come ti pare, quanto si vuole
    Sense id: en-a_piacere-it-prep_phrase-PxqK7O26
  3. to taste Synonyms: quanto basta
    Sense id: en-a_piacere-it-prep_phrase-2vkp6OfM Categories (other): Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 2 1 40 14 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 5 8 62 24
  4. (music) a piacere Synonyms: ad libitum, ad lib
    Sense id: en-a_piacere-it-prep_phrase-ham8kjyq Categories (other): Music, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 2 1 40 14 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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