cd

(computing, music) Alternative spelling of CD (“CD player”)


fides

la-noun

fidēs f (genitive fidis); third declension

fidēs (canonical feminine)
fidis (genitive)
fidēs (nominative singular)
fidēs (nominative plural)
fidis (genitive singular)
fidium (genitive plural)
fidī (dative singular)
fidibus (dative plural)
fidem (accusative singular)
fidēs (accusative plural)
fidīs (accusative plural)
fide (ablative singular)
fidibus (ablative plural)
fidēs (singular vocative)
fidēs (plural vocative)

Sume fidem et pharetram fies manifestus Apollo

c. 25 BCE, Ovid, Heroides, Letter 15: "Sappho Phaoni"

Take up string and quiver and you are Apollo manifest


perfect pitch

en-noun

perfect pitch (countable and uncountable, plural perfect pitches)

Coordinate term: relative pitch

(music, uncountable) The ability to identify a note by name on hearing it, or to re-create a specified note from memory, without the benefit of an externally provided reference pitch.

(music, less common, countable or uncountable) The exact pitch of a note, described by its frequency in vibrations per second.


amplifier

(music) A portable encasement that houses a large speaker, used to amplify voices and musical instruments at live performances.


modular

pt-verb

modular (first-person singular present modulo, first-person singular preterite modulei, past participle modulado)

modulo (first-person present singular)
modulei (first-person preterite singular)
modulado (participle past)
modular (impersonal infinitive)
modular (first-person infinitive singular)
modulares (infinitive second-person singular)
modular (infinitive singular third-person)
modularmos (first-person infinitive plural)
modulardes (infinitive plural second-person)
modularem (infinitive plural third-person)
modulando (gerund)
modulado (masculine participle past singular)
modulados (masculine participle past plural)
modulada (feminine participle past singular)
moduladas (feminine participle past plural)
modulo (first-person indicative present singular)
modulas (indicative present second-person singular)
modula (indicative present singular third-person)
modulamos (first-person indicative plural present)
modulais (indicative plural present second-person)
modulam (indicative plural present third-person)
modulava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
modulavas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
modulava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
modulávamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
moduláveis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
modulavam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
modulei (first-person indicative preterite singular)
modulaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
modulou (indicative preterite singular third-person)
modulamos (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
modulámos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
modulastes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
modularam (indicative plural preterite third-person)
modulara (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
modularas (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
modulara (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
moduláramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
moduláreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
modularam (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
modularei (first-person future indicative singular)
modularás (future indicative second-person singular)
modulará (future indicative singular third-person)
modularemos (first-person future indicative plural)
modulareis (future indicative plural second-person)
modularão (future indicative plural third-person)
modularia (conditional first-person singular)
modularias (conditional second-person singular)
modularia (conditional singular third-person)
modularíamos (conditional first-person plural)
modularíeis (conditional plural second-person)
modulariam (conditional plural third-person)
module (first-person present singular subjunctive)
modules (present second-person singular subjunctive)
module (present singular subjunctive third-person)
modulemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
moduleis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
modulem (plural present subjunctive third-person)
modulasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
modulasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
modulasse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
modulássemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
modulásseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
modulassem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
modular (first-person future singular subjunctive)
modulares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
modular (future singular subjunctive third-person)
modularmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
modulardes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
modularem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
modula (imperative second-person singular)
module (imperative singular third-person)
modulemos (first-person imperative plural)
modulai (imperative plural second-person)
modulem (imperative plural third-person)
não modules (imperative negative second-person singular)
não module (imperative negative singular third-person)
não modulemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não moduleis (imperative negative plural second-person)
não modulem (imperative negative plural third-person)

(transitive, music) to modulate (to change the pitch, intensity or tone of one’s voice or of a musical instrument)


testudo

en-noun

testudo (plural testudos or testudoes or testudines)

testudos (plural)
testudoes (plural)
testudines (plural)

Unadapted borrowing from Latin testūdō (“tortoise, turtle, lyre, type of military shelter”).

ubor

(music) A kind of lyre; so called in allusion to the lyre of Mercury, fabled to have been made of the shell of a tortoise.


cor anglais

/ˌkɔːɹ ˈɒŋɡleɪ/

/ˌkɔɹ ɔŋˈɡleɪ/

Borrowed from French cor anglais (literally “English horn”), calqued from a misunderstanding of Middle High German engellisches horn (“angelic horn”), from the resemblance of the instrument to horns played by angels as depicted in the Middle Ages.

der

(music) A double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family that is pitched in F, one-fifth lower than the oboe and is consequently approximately one-third longer than the oboe.


cor anglais

→ Greek: κορ ανγκλέ (kor angklé)

/kɔ.ʁ‿ɑ̃.ɡlɛ/

Calque of Middle High German engellisches horn (“angelic horn”), by misunderstanding.


eis

eis (nominative singular)
eisit (nominative plural)
eis (accusative nominative singular)
eisit (accusative nominative plural)
eisin (accusative genitive singular)
eisit (accusative genitive plural)
eisin (genitive singular)
eisien (genitive plural)
eisiä (partitive singular)
eisejä (partitive plural)
eisissä (inessive singular)
eiseissä (inessive plural)
eisistä (elative singular)
eiseistä (elative plural)
eisiin (illative singular)
eiseihin (illative plural)
eisillä (adessive singular)
eiseillä (adessive plural)
eisiltä (ablative singular)
eiseiltä (ablative plural)
eisille (allative singular)
eiseille (allative plural)
eisinä (essive singular)
eiseinä (essive plural)
eisiksi (singular translative)
eiseiksi (plural translative)
eisittä (abessive singular)
eiseittä (abessive plural)
eisein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
eisini (nominative singular)
eisini (nominative plural)
eisini (accusative nominative singular)
eisini (accusative nominative plural)
eisini (accusative genitive singular)
eisini (accusative genitive plural)
eisini (genitive singular)
eisieni (genitive plural)
eisiäni (partitive singular)
eisejäni (partitive plural)
eisissäni (inessive singular)
eiseissäni (inessive plural)
eisistäni (elative singular)
eiseistäni (elative plural)
eisiini (illative singular)
eiseihini (illative plural)
eisilläni (adessive singular)
eiseilläni (adessive plural)
eisiltäni (ablative singular)
eiseiltäni (ablative plural)
eisilleni (allative singular)
eiseilleni (allative plural)
eisinäni (essive singular)
eiseinäni (essive plural)
eisikseni (singular translative)
eiseikseni (plural translative)
eisittäni (abessive singular)
eiseittäni (abessive plural)
eiseineni (comitative plural)
eisisi (nominative singular)
eisisi (nominative plural)
eisisi (accusative nominative singular)
eisisi (accusative nominative plural)
eisisi (accusative genitive singular)
eisisi (accusative genitive plural)
eisisi (genitive singular)
eisiesi (genitive plural)
eisiäsi (partitive singular)
eisejäsi (partitive plural)
eisissäsi (inessive singular)
eiseissäsi (inessive plural)
eisistäsi (elative singular)
eiseistäsi (elative plural)
eisiisi (illative singular)
eiseihisi (illative plural)
eisilläsi (adessive singular)
eiseilläsi (adessive plural)
eisiltäsi (ablative singular)
eiseiltäsi (ablative plural)
eisillesi (allative singular)
eiseillesi (allative plural)
eisinäsi (essive singular)
eiseinäsi (essive plural)
eisiksesi (singular translative)
eiseiksesi (plural translative)
eisittäsi (abessive singular)
eiseittäsi (abessive plural)
eiseinesi (comitative plural)
eisimme (nominative singular)
eisimme (nominative plural)
eisimme (accusative nominative singular)
eisimme (accusative nominative plural)
eisimme (accusative genitive singular)
eisimme (accusative genitive plural)
eisimme (genitive singular)
eisiemme (genitive plural)
eisiämme (partitive singular)
eisejämme (partitive plural)
eisissämme (inessive singular)
eiseissämme (inessive plural)
eisistämme (elative singular)
eiseistämme (elative plural)
eisiimme (illative singular)
eiseihimme (illative plural)
eisillämme (adessive singular)
eiseillämme (adessive plural)
eisiltämme (ablative singular)
eiseiltämme (ablative plural)
eisillemme (allative singular)
eiseillemme (allative plural)
eisinämme (essive singular)
eiseinämme (essive plural)
eisiksemme (singular translative)
eiseiksemme (plural translative)
eisittämme (abessive singular)
eiseittämme (abessive plural)
eiseinemme (comitative plural)
eisinne (nominative singular)
eisinne (nominative plural)
eisinne (accusative nominative singular)
eisinne (accusative nominative plural)
eisinne (accusative genitive singular)
eisinne (accusative genitive plural)
eisinne (genitive singular)
eisienne (genitive plural)
eisiänne (partitive singular)
eisejänne (partitive plural)
eisissänne (inessive singular)
eiseissänne (inessive plural)
eisistänne (elative singular)
eiseistänne (elative plural)
eisiinne (illative singular)
eiseihinne (illative plural)
eisillänne (adessive singular)
eiseillänne (adessive plural)
eisiltänne (ablative singular)
eiseiltänne (ablative plural)
eisillenne (allative singular)
eiseillenne (allative plural)
eisinänne (essive singular)
eiseinänne (essive plural)
eisiksenne (singular translative)
eiseiksenne (plural translative)
eisittänne (abessive singular)
eiseittänne (abessive plural)
eiseinenne (comitative plural)
eisinsä (nominative singular)
eisinsä (nominative plural)
eisinsä (accusative nominative singular)
eisinsä (accusative nominative plural)
eisinsä (accusative genitive singular)
eisinsä (accusative genitive plural)
eisinsä (genitive singular)
eisiensä (genitive plural)
eisiään (partitive singular)
eisiänsä (partitive singular)
eisejään (partitive plural)
eisejänsä (partitive plural)
eisissään (inessive singular)
eisissänsä (inessive singular)
eiseissään (inessive plural)
eiseissänsä (inessive plural)
eisistään (elative singular)
eisistänsä (elative singular)
eiseistään (elative plural)
eiseistänsä (elative plural)
eisiinsä (illative singular)
eiseihinsä (illative plural)
eisillään (adessive singular)
eisillänsä (adessive singular)
eiseillään (adessive plural)
eiseillänsä (adessive plural)
eisiltään (ablative singular)
eisiltänsä (ablative singular)
eiseiltään (ablative plural)
eiseiltänsä (ablative plural)
eisilleen (allative singular)
eisillensä (allative singular)
eiseilleen (allative plural)
eiseillensä (allative plural)
eisinään (essive singular)
eisinänsä (essive singular)
eiseinään (essive plural)
eiseinänsä (essive plural)
eisikseen (singular translative)
eisiksensä (singular translative)
eiseikseen (plural translative)
eiseiksensä (plural translative)
eisittään (abessive singular)
eisittänsä (abessive singular)
eiseittään (abessive plural)
eiseittänsä (abessive plural)
eiseineen (comitative plural)
eiseinensä (comitative plural)


scherzo

Borrowed from Italian scherzo (“joke, play”), from scherzare (“to joke, jest”), from Lombardic *skerzan (“to jump merrily, enjoy oneself, jest”), from Proto-Germanic *skertaną (“to hop, jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerǝd- (“to dance, jump”). Akin to Middle High German scherzen (“to frolic, jump merrily, hop up and down”) (modern German scherzen (“to joke”), Scherz), Norwegian skjerta (“to joke”).

cog

At seven Val knocked – three shorts and one long, out of the scherzo of Beethoven’s Fifth – and I rushed to open.

(music) A piece of music or a movement from a larger piece such as a symphony; especially, a piece of music played in a playful manner.


scherzo

scherzo (nominative singular)
scherzot (nominative plural)
scherzo (accusative nominative singular)
scherzot (accusative nominative plural)
scherzon (accusative genitive singular)
scherzot (accusative genitive plural)
scherzon (genitive singular)
scherzojen (genitive plural)
scherzoa (partitive singular)
scherzoja (partitive plural)
scherzossa (inessive singular)
scherzoissa (inessive plural)
scherzosta (elative singular)
scherzoista (elative plural)
scherzoon (illative singular)
scherzoihin (illative plural)
scherzolla (adessive singular)
scherzoilla (adessive plural)
scherzolta (ablative singular)
scherzoilta (ablative plural)
scherzolle (allative singular)
scherzoille (allative plural)
scherzona (essive singular)
scherzoina (essive plural)
scherzoksi (singular translative)
scherzoiksi (plural translative)
scherzotta (abessive singular)
scherzoitta (abessive plural)
scherzoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
scherzoni (nominative singular)
scherzoni (nominative plural)
scherzoni (accusative nominative singular)
scherzoni (accusative nominative plural)
scherzoni (accusative genitive singular)
scherzoni (accusative genitive plural)
scherzoni (genitive singular)
scherzojeni (genitive plural)
scherzoani (partitive singular)
scherzojani (partitive plural)
scherzossani (inessive singular)
scherzoissani (inessive plural)
scherzostani (elative singular)
scherzoistani (elative plural)
scherzooni (illative singular)
scherzoihini (illative plural)
scherzollani (adessive singular)
scherzoillani (adessive plural)
scherzoltani (ablative singular)
scherzoiltani (ablative plural)
scherzolleni (allative singular)
scherzoilleni (allative plural)
scherzonani (essive singular)
scherzoinani (essive plural)
scherzokseni (singular translative)
scherzoikseni (plural translative)
scherzottani (abessive singular)
scherzoittani (abessive plural)
scherzoineni (comitative plural)
scherzosi (nominative singular)
scherzosi (nominative plural)
scherzosi (accusative nominative singular)
scherzosi (accusative nominative plural)
scherzosi (accusative genitive singular)
scherzosi (accusative genitive plural)
scherzosi (genitive singular)
scherzojesi (genitive plural)
scherzoasi (partitive singular)
scherzojasi (partitive plural)
scherzossasi (inessive singular)
scherzoissasi (inessive plural)
scherzostasi (elative singular)
scherzoistasi (elative plural)
scherzoosi (illative singular)
scherzoihisi (illative plural)
scherzollasi (adessive singular)
scherzoillasi (adessive plural)
scherzoltasi (ablative singular)
scherzoiltasi (ablative plural)
scherzollesi (allative singular)
scherzoillesi (allative plural)
scherzonasi (essive singular)
scherzoinasi (essive plural)
scherzoksesi (singular translative)
scherzoiksesi (plural translative)
scherzottasi (abessive singular)
scherzoittasi (abessive plural)
scherzoinesi (comitative plural)
scherzomme (nominative singular)
scherzomme (nominative plural)
scherzomme (accusative nominative singular)
scherzomme (accusative nominative plural)
scherzomme (accusative genitive singular)
scherzomme (accusative genitive plural)
scherzomme (genitive singular)
scherzojemme (genitive plural)
scherzoamme (partitive singular)
scherzojamme (partitive plural)
scherzossamme (inessive singular)
scherzoissamme (inessive plural)
scherzostamme (elative singular)
scherzoistamme (elative plural)
scherzoomme (illative singular)
scherzoihimme (illative plural)
scherzollamme (adessive singular)
scherzoillamme (adessive plural)
scherzoltamme (ablative singular)
scherzoiltamme (ablative plural)
scherzollemme (allative singular)
scherzoillemme (allative plural)
scherzonamme (essive singular)
scherzoinamme (essive plural)
scherzoksemme (singular translative)
scherzoiksemme (plural translative)
scherzottamme (abessive singular)
scherzoittamme (abessive plural)
scherzoinemme (comitative plural)
scherzonne (nominative singular)
scherzonne (nominative plural)
scherzonne (accusative nominative singular)
scherzonne (accusative nominative plural)
scherzonne (accusative genitive singular)
scherzonne (accusative genitive plural)
scherzonne (genitive singular)
scherzojenne (genitive plural)
scherzoanne (partitive singular)
scherzojanne (partitive plural)
scherzossanne (inessive singular)
scherzoissanne (inessive plural)
scherzostanne (elative singular)
scherzoistanne (elative plural)
scherzoonne (illative singular)
scherzoihinne (illative plural)
scherzollanne (adessive singular)
scherzoillanne (adessive plural)
scherzoltanne (ablative singular)
scherzoiltanne (ablative plural)
scherzollenne (allative singular)
scherzoillenne (allative plural)
scherzonanne (essive singular)
scherzoinanne (essive plural)
scherzoksenne (singular translative)
scherzoiksenne (plural translative)
scherzottanne (abessive singular)
scherzoittanne (abessive plural)
scherzoinenne (comitative plural)
scherzonsa (nominative singular)
scherzonsa (nominative plural)
scherzonsa (accusative nominative singular)
scherzonsa (accusative nominative plural)
scherzonsa (accusative genitive singular)
scherzonsa (accusative genitive plural)
scherzonsa (genitive singular)
scherzojensa (genitive plural)
scherzoaan (partitive singular)
scherzoansa (partitive singular)
scherzojaan (partitive plural)
scherzojansa (partitive plural)
scherzossaan (inessive singular)
scherzossansa (inessive singular)
scherzoissaan (inessive plural)
scherzoissansa (inessive plural)
scherzostaan (elative singular)
scherzostansa (elative singular)
scherzoistaan (elative plural)
scherzoistansa (elative plural)
scherzoonsa (illative singular)
scherzoihinsa (illative plural)
scherzollaan (adessive singular)
scherzollansa (adessive singular)
scherzoillaan (adessive plural)
scherzoillansa (adessive plural)
scherzoltaan (ablative singular)
scherzoltansa (ablative singular)
scherzoiltaan (ablative plural)
scherzoiltansa (ablative plural)
scherzolleen (allative singular)
scherzollensa (allative singular)
scherzoilleen (allative plural)
scherzoillensa (allative plural)
scherzonaan (essive singular)
scherzonansa (essive singular)
scherzoinaan (essive plural)
scherzoinansa (essive plural)
scherzokseen (singular translative)
scherzoksensa (singular translative)
scherzoikseen (plural translative)
scherzoiksensa (plural translative)
scherzottaan (abessive singular)
scherzottansa (abessive singular)
scherzoittaan (abessive plural)
scherzoittansa (abessive plural)
scherzoineen (comitative plural)
scherzoinensa (comitative plural)


scherzo

→ English: scherzo

→ German: Scherzo

Deverbal from scherzare (“to joke, play, jest”) + -o, from Old Italian scherzare, borrowed from Lombardic *skerzan (“to jump merrily, enjoy oneself, jest”) from Proto-Germanic *skertaną (“to hop, jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kerǝd- (“to dance, jump”). Akin to Middle High German scherzen (“to frolic, jump merrily, hop up and down”) (German scherzen (“to joke”); Scherz (“joke, sport”)), Norwegian skjerta (“to joke”).

it-deverbal

(music) scherzo (piece of music played in a playful manner)


holler

American variant of holla, hallo or hollo.


ara

head

ara (definite accusative arayı, plural aralar)

arayı (accusative definite)
aralar (plural)
ara (nominative singular)
aralar (nominative plural)
arayı (accusative definite singular)
araları (accusative definite plural)
araya (dative singular)
aralara (dative plural)
arada (locative singular)
aralarda (locative plural)
aradan (ablative singular)
aralardan (ablative plural)
aranın (genitive singular)
araların (genitive plural)
aram (first-person nominative singular)
aralarım (first-person nominative singular)
aran (nominative second-person singular)
araların (nominative second-person singular)
arası (nominative singular third-person)
araları (nominative singular third-person)
aramız (first-person nominative plural)
aralarımız (first-person nominative plural)
aranız (nominative plural second-person)
aralarınız (nominative plural second-person)
araları (nominative plural third-person)
aramı (accusative definite first-person singular)
aralarımı (accusative definite first-person singular)
aranı (accusative definite second-person singular)
aralarını (accusative definite second-person singular)
arasını (accusative definite singular third-person)
aralarını (accusative definite singular third-person)
aramızı (accusative definite first-person plural)
aralarımızı (accusative definite first-person plural)
aranızı (accusative definite plural second-person)
aralarınızı (accusative definite plural second-person)
aralarını (accusative definite plural third-person)
arama (dative first-person singular)
aralarıma (dative first-person singular)
arana (dative second-person singular)
aralarına (dative second-person singular)
arasına (dative singular third-person)
aralarına (dative singular third-person)
aramıza (dative first-person plural)
aralarımıza (dative first-person plural)
aranıza (dative plural second-person)
aralarınıza (dative plural second-person)
aralarına (dative plural third-person)
aramda (first-person locative singular)
aralarımda (first-person locative singular)
aranda (locative second-person singular)
aralarında (locative second-person singular)
arasında (locative singular third-person)
aralarında (locative singular third-person)
aramızda (first-person locative plural)
aralarımızda (first-person locative plural)
aranızda (locative plural second-person)
aralarınızda (locative plural second-person)
aralarında (locative plural third-person)
aramdan (ablative first-person singular)
aralarımdan (ablative first-person singular)
arandan (ablative second-person singular)
aralarından (ablative second-person singular)
arasından (ablative singular third-person)
aralarından (ablative singular third-person)
aramızdan (ablative first-person plural)
aralarımızdan (ablative first-person plural)
aranızdan (ablative plural second-person)
aralarınızdan (ablative plural second-person)
aralarından (ablative plural third-person)
aramın (first-person genitive singular)
aralarımın (first-person genitive singular)
aranın (genitive second-person singular)
aralarının (genitive second-person singular)
arasının (genitive singular third-person)
aralarının (genitive singular third-person)
aramızın (first-person genitive plural)
aralarımızın (first-person genitive plural)
aranızın (genitive plural second-person)
aralarınızın (genitive plural second-person)
aralarının (genitive plural third-person)

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آرا (ara), from Proto-Turkic *hār- (“split, divide, cleave in twain”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰺𐰀 (r¹a /āra/).

der

(theater, music) interval, entr'acte, interlude


roller

→ Welsh: rholer

* From Middle English rollere, equivalent to roll + -er.
* (credits in TV or film): These were originally printed on a physical cylinder that was rotated in front of the camera.

(slang, music) A type break that consists of drum rolls; a drum and bass track made with such breaks.


blað

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blað n (genitive singular blaðs, nominative plural blöð)

blaðs (genitive singular)
blöð (nominative plural)
blað (indefinite nominative singular)
blaðið (definite nominative singular)
blöð (indefinite nominative plural)
blöðin (definite nominative plural)
blað (accusative indefinite singular)
blaðið (accusative definite singular)
blöð (accusative indefinite plural)
blöðin (accusative definite plural)
blaði (dative indefinite singular)
blaðinu (dative definite singular)
blöðum (dative indefinite plural)
blöðunum (dative definite plural)
blaðs (genitive indefinite singular)
blaðsins (definite genitive singular)
blaða (genitive indefinite plural)
blaðanna (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse blað, from Proto-Germanic *bladą, maybe from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlh̥₃oto, from *bʰleh₃-.

(music) reed (thin piece in a woodwind instrument that vibrates to produce sound)


kapo

kapo (nominative singular)
kapot (nominative plural)
kapo (accusative nominative singular)
kapot (accusative nominative plural)
kapon (accusative genitive singular)
kapot (accusative genitive plural)
kapon (genitive singular)
kapojen (genitive plural)
kapoa (partitive singular)
kapoja (partitive plural)
kapossa (inessive singular)
kapoissa (inessive plural)
kaposta (elative singular)
kapoista (elative plural)
kapoon (illative singular)
kapoihin (illative plural)
kapolla (adessive singular)
kapoilla (adessive plural)
kapolta (ablative singular)
kapoilta (ablative plural)
kapolle (allative singular)
kapoille (allative plural)
kapona (essive singular)
kapoina (essive plural)
kapoksi (singular translative)
kapoiksi (plural translative)
kapotta (abessive singular)
kapoitta (abessive plural)
kapoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
kaponi (nominative singular)
kaponi (nominative plural)
kaponi (accusative nominative singular)
kaponi (accusative nominative plural)
kaponi (accusative genitive singular)
kaponi (accusative genitive plural)
kaponi (genitive singular)
kapojeni (genitive plural)
kapoani (partitive singular)
kapojani (partitive plural)
kapossani (inessive singular)
kapoissani (inessive plural)
kapostani (elative singular)
kapoistani (elative plural)
kapooni (illative singular)
kapoihini (illative plural)
kapollani (adessive singular)
kapoillani (adessive plural)
kapoltani (ablative singular)
kapoiltani (ablative plural)
kapolleni (allative singular)
kapoilleni (allative plural)
kaponani (essive singular)
kapoinani (essive plural)
kapokseni (singular translative)
kapoikseni (plural translative)
kapottani (abessive singular)
kapoittani (abessive plural)
kapoineni (comitative plural)
kaposi (nominative singular)
kaposi (nominative plural)
kaposi (accusative nominative singular)
kaposi (accusative nominative plural)
kaposi (accusative genitive singular)
kaposi (accusative genitive plural)
kaposi (genitive singular)
kapojesi (genitive plural)
kapoasi (partitive singular)
kapojasi (partitive plural)
kapossasi (inessive singular)
kapoissasi (inessive plural)
kapostasi (elative singular)
kapoistasi (elative plural)
kapoosi (illative singular)
kapoihisi (illative plural)
kapollasi (adessive singular)
kapoillasi (adessive plural)
kapoltasi (ablative singular)
kapoiltasi (ablative plural)
kapollesi (allative singular)
kapoillesi (allative plural)
kaponasi (essive singular)
kapoinasi (essive plural)
kapoksesi (singular translative)
kapoiksesi (plural translative)
kapottasi (abessive singular)
kapoittasi (abessive plural)
kapoinesi (comitative plural)
kapomme (nominative singular)
kapomme (nominative plural)
kapomme (accusative nominative singular)
kapomme (accusative nominative plural)
kapomme (accusative genitive singular)
kapomme (accusative genitive plural)
kapomme (genitive singular)
kapojemme (genitive plural)
kapoamme (partitive singular)
kapojamme (partitive plural)
kapossamme (inessive singular)
kapoissamme (inessive plural)
kapostamme (elative singular)
kapoistamme (elative plural)
kapoomme (illative singular)
kapoihimme (illative plural)
kapollamme (adessive singular)
kapoillamme (adessive plural)
kapoltamme (ablative singular)
kapoiltamme (ablative plural)
kapollemme (allative singular)
kapoillemme (allative plural)
kaponamme (essive singular)
kapoinamme (essive plural)
kapoksemme (singular translative)
kapoiksemme (plural translative)
kapottamme (abessive singular)
kapoittamme (abessive plural)
kapoinemme (comitative plural)
kaponne (nominative singular)
kaponne (nominative plural)
kaponne (accusative nominative singular)
kaponne (accusative nominative plural)
kaponne (accusative genitive singular)
kaponne (accusative genitive plural)
kaponne (genitive singular)
kapojenne (genitive plural)
kapoanne (partitive singular)
kapojanne (partitive plural)
kapossanne (inessive singular)
kapoissanne (inessive plural)
kapostanne (elative singular)
kapoistanne (elative plural)
kapoonne (illative singular)
kapoihinne (illative plural)
kapollanne (adessive singular)
kapoillanne (adessive plural)
kapoltanne (ablative singular)
kapoiltanne (ablative plural)
kapollenne (allative singular)
kapoillenne (allative plural)
kaponanne (essive singular)
kapoinanne (essive plural)
kapoksenne (singular translative)
kapoiksenne (plural translative)
kapottanne (abessive singular)
kapoittanne (abessive plural)
kapoinenne (comitative plural)
kaponsa (nominative singular)
kaponsa (nominative plural)
kaponsa (accusative nominative singular)
kaponsa (accusative nominative plural)
kaponsa (accusative genitive singular)
kaponsa (accusative genitive plural)
kaponsa (genitive singular)
kapojensa (genitive plural)
kapoaan (partitive singular)
kapoansa (partitive singular)
kapojaan (partitive plural)
kapojansa (partitive plural)
kapossaan (inessive singular)
kapossansa (inessive singular)
kapoissaan (inessive plural)
kapoissansa (inessive plural)
kapostaan (elative singular)
kapostansa (elative singular)
kapoistaan (elative plural)
kapoistansa (elative plural)
kapoonsa (illative singular)
kapoihinsa (illative plural)
kapollaan (adessive singular)
kapollansa (adessive singular)
kapoillaan (adessive plural)
kapoillansa (adessive plural)
kapoltaan (ablative singular)
kapoltansa (ablative singular)
kapoiltaan (ablative plural)
kapoiltansa (ablative plural)
kapolleen (allative singular)
kapollensa (allative singular)
kapoilleen (allative plural)
kapoillensa (allative plural)
kaponaan (essive singular)
kaponansa (essive singular)
kapoinaan (essive plural)
kapoinansa (essive plural)
kapokseen (singular translative)
kapoksensa (singular translative)
kapoikseen (plural translative)
kapoiksensa (plural translative)
kapottaan (abessive singular)
kapottansa (abessive singular)
kapoittaan (abessive plural)
kapoittansa (abessive plural)
kapoineen (comitative plural)
kapoinensa (comitative plural)


impressionism

en-noun

impressionism (countable and uncountable, plural impressionisms)

(music) A style that avoided traditional harmony, and sought to invoke the impressions of the composer.


akkord

az-noun

akkord (definite accusative akkordu, plural akkordlar)

akkordu (accusative definite)
akkordlar (plural)
akkord (nominative singular)
akkordlar (nominative plural)
akkordu (accusative definite singular)
akkordları (accusative definite plural)
akkorda (dative singular)
akkordlara (dative plural)
akkordda (locative singular)
akkordlarda (locative plural)
akkorddan (ablative singular)
akkordlardan (ablative plural)
akkordun (definite genitive singular)
akkordların (definite genitive plural)
akkordum (first-person nominative possessed-single possessive singular)
akkordlarım (first-person nominative possessed-many possessive singular)
akkordun (nominative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
akkordların (nominative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
akkordu (nominative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
akkordları (nominative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
akkordumuz (first-person nominative plural possessed-single possessive)
akkordlarımız (first-person nominative plural possessed-many possessive)
akkordunuz (nominative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
akkordlarınız (nominative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
akkordu (nominative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
akkordları (nominative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
akkordları (nominative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
akkordumu (accusative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
akkordlarımı (accusative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
akkordunu (accusative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
akkordlarını (accusative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
akkordunu (accusative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
akkordlarını (accusative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
akkordumuzu (accusative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
akkordlarımızı (accusative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
akkordunuzu (accusative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
akkordlarınızı (accusative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
akkordunu (accusative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
akkordlarını (accusative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
akkordlarını (accusative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
akkorduma (dative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
akkordlarıma (dative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
akkorduna (dative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
akkordlarına (dative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
akkorduna (dative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
akkordlarına (dative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
akkordumuza (dative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
akkordlarımıza (dative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
akkordunuza (dative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
akkordlarınıza (dative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
akkorduna (dative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
akkordlarına (dative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
akkordlarına (dative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
akkordumda (first-person locative possessed-single possessive singular)
akkordlarımda (first-person locative possessed-many possessive singular)
akkordunda (locative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
akkordlarında (locative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
akkordunda (locative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
akkordlarında (locative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
akkordumuzda (first-person locative plural possessed-single possessive)
akkordlarımızda (first-person locative plural possessed-many possessive)
akkordunuzda (locative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
akkordlarınızda (locative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
akkordunda (locative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
akkordlarında (locative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
akkordlarında (locative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
akkordumdan (ablative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
akkordlarımdan (ablative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
akkordundan (ablative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
akkordlarından (ablative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
akkordundan (ablative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
akkordlarından (ablative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
akkordumuzdan (ablative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
akkordlarımızdan (ablative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
akkordunuzdan (ablative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
akkordlarınızdan (ablative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
akkordundan (ablative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
akkordlarından (ablative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
akkordlarından (ablative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
akkordumun (first-person genitive possessed-single possessive singular)
akkordlarımın (first-person genitive possessed-many possessive singular)
akkordunun (genitive possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
akkordlarının (genitive possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
akkordunun (genitive possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
akkordlarının (genitive possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
akkordumuzun (first-person genitive plural possessed-single possessive)
akkordlarımızın (first-person genitive plural possessed-many possessive)
akkordunuzun (genitive plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
akkordlarınızın (genitive plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
akkordunun (genitive plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
akkordlarının (genitive plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
akkordlarının (genitive plural possessed-many possessive third-person)


akkord

akkordok (plural)
akkord (nominative singular)
akkordok (nominative plural)
akkordot (accusative singular)
akkordokat (accusative plural)
akkordnak (dative singular)
akkordoknak (dative plural)
akkorddal (instrumental singular)
akkordokkal (instrumental plural)
akkordért (causal-final singular)
akkordokért (causal-final plural)
akkorddá (singular translative)
akkordokká (plural translative)
akkordig (singular terminative)
akkordokig (plural terminative)
akkordként (essive-formal singular)
akkordokként (essive-formal plural)
akkordban (inessive singular)
akkordokban (inessive plural)
akkordon (singular superessive)
akkordokon (plural superessive)
akkordnál (adessive singular)
akkordoknál (adessive plural)
akkordba (illative singular)
akkordokba (illative plural)
akkordra (singular sublative)
akkordokra (plural sublative)
akkordhoz (allative singular)
akkordokhoz (allative plural)
akkordból (elative singular)
akkordokból (elative plural)
akkordról (delative singular)
akkordokról (delative plural)
akkordtól (ablative singular)
akkordoktól (ablative plural)
akkordé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
akkordoké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
akkordéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
akkordokéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
akkordom (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
akkordjaim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
akkordod (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
akkordjaid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
akkordja (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
akkordjai (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
akkordunk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
akkordjaink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
akkordotok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
akkordjaitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
akkordjuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
akkordjaik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

Internationalism mainly via German Akkord. First attested in 1802.

(music) chord, harmony (combination of three or more pitches)


akkord

akkorden (definite singular)
akkorder (indefinite plural)
akkordene (definite plural)

From French accord, derived from accorder, from Late Latin accordare (“to make agree”).

Hun slo an en akkord på pianoet.

(music) a chord; combination of and harmony between three or more pitches.


akkord

akkorden (definite singular)
akkordar (indefinite plural)
akkordane (definite plural)

Ho slo an ein akkord på pianoet.


rege

ms-noun

régé (Jawi spelling ريݢي, plural rege-rege, informal 1st possessive regeku, 2nd possessive regemu, 3rd possessive regenya)

régé (canonical)
ريݢي (Jawi)
rege-rege (plural)
regeku (first-person informal possessive)
regemu (possessive second-person)
regenya (possessive third-person)

(music, dance) A type of music or dance that originated from the West Indies; reggae.


rege

Borrowed from English reggae, from Jamaican Creole rege (“rags; a quarrel”).

der

(music) reggae (a music genre from Jamaica)


dansa

id-noun

dansa (first-person possessive dansaku, second-person possessive dansamu, third-person possessive dansanya)

dansaku (first-person possessive)
dansamu (possessive second-person)
dansanya (possessive third-person)

From Malay dansa, from Portuguese dança (“dance”) or Spanish danza (“dance”).


krókur

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krókur m (genitive singular króks, nominative plural krókar)

króks (genitive singular)
krókar (nominative plural)
krókur (indefinite nominative singular)
krókurinn (definite nominative singular)
krókar (indefinite nominative plural)
krókarnir (definite nominative plural)
krók (accusative indefinite singular)
krókinn (accusative definite singular)
króka (accusative indefinite plural)
krókana (accusative definite plural)
króki (dative indefinite singular)
krók (dative indefinite singular)
króknum (dative definite singular)
krókum (dative indefinite plural)
krókunum (dative definite plural)
króks (genitive indefinite singular)
króksins (definite genitive singular)
króka (genitive indefinite plural)
krókanna (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse krókr, from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz.

(music) crook, bocal (of instruments in the oboe family such as the oboe d'amore, cor anglais, heckelphone, and baritone oboe)


lykill

lykill m (genitive singular lykils, nominative plural lyklar)

lykils (genitive singular)
lyklar (nominative plural)
lykill (indefinite nominative singular)
lykillinn (definite nominative singular)
lyklar (indefinite nominative plural)
lyklarnir (definite nominative plural)
lykil (accusative indefinite singular)
lykilinn (accusative definite singular)
lykla (accusative indefinite plural)
lyklana (accusative definite plural)
lykli (dative indefinite singular)
lyklinum (dative definite singular)
lyklum (dative indefinite plural)
lyklunum (dative definite plural)
lykils (genitive indefinite singular)
lykilsins (definite genitive singular)
lykla (genitive indefinite plural)
lyklanna (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse lykill, from Proto-Germanic *lukilaz.


rödd

rödd f (genitive singular raddar, nominative plural raddir)

raddar (genitive singular)
raddir (nominative plural)
rödd (indefinite nominative singular)
röddin (definite nominative singular)
raddir (indefinite nominative plural)
raddirnar (definite nominative plural)
rödd (accusative indefinite singular)
röddina (accusative definite singular)
raddir (accusative indefinite plural)
raddirnar (accusative definite plural)
rödd (dative indefinite singular)
röddinni (dative definite singular)
röddum (dative indefinite plural)
röddunum (dative definite plural)
raddar (genitive indefinite singular)
raddarinnar (definite genitive singular)
radda (genitive indefinite plural)
raddanna (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse rǫdd (“voice, speech”), from Proto-Germanic *razdō (“voice, speech”). More at reard.


serenade

/ˌsɛɹəˈneɪd/

Borrowed from French sérénade, from Italian serenata, from the past participle of serenare, from Latin serenare, from serenus (“calm”), of uncertain origin (see there).

“Eine kleine Nachtmusik” is a well-known serenade written by Mozart.

(music) An instrumental composition in several movements.


smear

en-noun

smear (countable and uncountable, plural smears)

From Middle English smeren, smerien, from Old English smerian, smyrian, smierwan (“to anoint or rub with grease, oil, etc.”), from Proto-West Germanic *smirwijan, from Proto-Germanic *smirwijaną. Doublet of schmear.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian smeere, Dutch smeren, Low German smeren, German schmieren.

(music) A rough glissando in jazz music.


koro

Borrowed from Spanish coro, from Latin chorus, from Ancient Greek χορός (khorós).

(music) chorus (part of a song repeated between verses)


selector

That's my sector, homosexual dissector / Come again, rewind selector

2009, “Medicine Ball”, in Relapse, performed by Eminem:

This sonic body has to decide which music track to play at any particular moment. But when the selector is alone in front of the crowd, how do they know which track to play next?

2011, Julian Henriques, Sonic Bodies, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 125:


bop

bop (countable and uncountable, plural bops)

That grand wild sound of bop floated from beer parlors; it mixed medleys with every kind of cowboy and boogie-woogie in the American night.

1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 13, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC:

(uncountable, music) A style of improvised jazz from the 1940s.


sterkur

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sterkur (comparative sterkari, superlative sterkastur)

sterkari (comparative)
sterkastur (superlative)
sterkur (masculine nominative singular)
sterk (feminine nominative singular)
sterkt (neuter nominative singular)
sterkan (accusative masculine singular)
sterka (accusative feminine singular)
sterkt (accusative neuter singular)
sterkum (dative masculine singular)
sterkri (dative feminine singular)
sterku (dative neuter singular)
sterks (genitive masculine singular)
sterkrar (feminine genitive singular)
sterks (genitive neuter singular)
sterkir (masculine nominative plural)
sterkar (feminine nominative plural)
sterk (neuter nominative plural)
sterka (accusative masculine plural)
sterkar (accusative feminine plural)
sterk (accusative neuter plural)
sterkum (dative masculine plural)
sterkum (dative feminine plural)
sterkum (dative neuter plural)
sterkra (genitive masculine plural)
sterkra (feminine genitive plural)
sterkra (genitive neuter plural)
sterki (masculine nominative singular)
sterka (feminine nominative singular)
sterka (neuter nominative singular)
sterka (accusative masculine singular)
sterku (accusative feminine singular)
sterka (accusative neuter singular)
sterka (dative masculine singular)
sterku (dative feminine singular)
sterka (dative neuter singular)
sterka (genitive masculine singular)
sterku (feminine genitive singular)
sterka (genitive neuter singular)
sterku (masculine nominative plural)
sterku (feminine nominative plural)
sterku (neuter nominative plural)
sterku (accusative masculine plural)
sterku (accusative feminine plural)
sterku (accusative neuter plural)
sterku (dative masculine plural)
sterku (dative feminine plural)
sterku (dative neuter plural)
sterku (genitive masculine plural)
sterku (feminine genitive plural)
sterku (genitive neuter plural)
sterkari (comparative masculine nominative singular)
sterkari (comparative feminine nominative singular)
sterkara (comparative neuter nominative singular)
sterkari (accusative comparative masculine singular)
sterkari (accusative comparative feminine singular)
sterkara (accusative comparative neuter singular)
sterkari (comparative dative masculine singular)
sterkari (comparative dative feminine singular)
sterkara (comparative dative neuter singular)
sterkari (comparative genitive masculine singular)
sterkari (comparative feminine genitive singular)
sterkara (comparative genitive neuter singular)
sterkari (comparative masculine nominative plural)
sterkari (comparative feminine nominative plural)
sterkari (comparative neuter nominative plural)
sterkari (accusative comparative masculine plural)
sterkari (accusative comparative feminine plural)
sterkari (accusative comparative neuter plural)
sterkari (comparative dative masculine plural)
sterkari (comparative dative feminine plural)
sterkari (comparative dative neuter plural)
sterkari (comparative genitive masculine plural)
sterkari (comparative feminine genitive plural)
sterkari (comparative genitive neuter plural)
sterkastur (masculine nominative singular superlative)
sterkust (feminine nominative singular superlative)
sterkast (neuter nominative singular superlative)
sterkastan (accusative masculine singular superlative)
sterkasta (accusative feminine singular superlative)
sterkast (accusative neuter singular superlative)
sterkustum (dative masculine singular superlative)
sterkastri (dative feminine singular superlative)
sterkustu (dative neuter singular superlative)
sterkasts (genitive masculine singular superlative)
sterkastrar (feminine genitive singular superlative)
sterkasts (genitive neuter singular superlative)
sterkastir (masculine nominative plural superlative)
sterkastar (feminine nominative plural superlative)
sterkust (neuter nominative plural superlative)
sterkasta (accusative masculine plural superlative)
sterkastar (accusative feminine plural superlative)
sterkust (accusative neuter plural superlative)
sterkustum (dative masculine plural superlative)
sterkustum (dative feminine plural superlative)
sterkustum (dative neuter plural superlative)
sterkastra (genitive masculine plural superlative)
sterkastra (feminine genitive plural superlative)
sterkastra (genitive neuter plural superlative)
sterkasti (masculine nominative singular superlative)
sterkasta (feminine nominative singular superlative)
sterkasta (neuter nominative singular superlative)
sterkasta (accusative masculine singular superlative)
sterkustu (accusative feminine singular superlative)
sterkasta (accusative neuter singular superlative)
sterkasta (dative masculine singular superlative)
sterkustu (dative feminine singular superlative)
sterkasta (dative neuter singular superlative)
sterkasta (genitive masculine singular superlative)
sterkustu (feminine genitive singular superlative)
sterkasta (genitive neuter singular superlative)
sterkustu (masculine nominative plural superlative)
sterkustu (feminine nominative plural superlative)
sterkustu (neuter nominative plural superlative)
sterkustu (accusative masculine plural superlative)
sterkustu (accusative feminine plural superlative)
sterkustu (accusative neuter plural superlative)
sterkustu (dative masculine plural superlative)
sterkustu (dative feminine plural superlative)
sterkustu (dative neuter plural superlative)
sterkustu (genitive masculine plural superlative)
sterkustu (feminine genitive plural superlative)
sterkustu (genitive neuter plural superlative)

is-decl-adj-strong

positive (strong declension)

is-decl-adj-base

positive (strong declension)

is-decl-adj-weak

positive (weak declension)

is-decl-adj-base

positive (weak declension)

comparative

is-decl-adj-strong

superlative (strong declension)

is-decl-adj-base

superlative (strong declension)

is-decl-adj-weak

superlative (weak declension)

is-decl-adj-base

superlative (weak declension)

From Old Norse starkr, from Proto-Germanic *starkuz, from Proto-Indo-European *sterg-.


klezmer

en-noun

klezmer (countable and uncountable, plural klezmers or klezmorim)

Borrowed from Yiddish קלעזמער (klezmer), from Hebrew כְּלֵי זֶמֶר (kléy zémer, “musical instruments”).

der

כְּלֵי זֶמֶר

(music, uncountable) A type of popular Jewish folk music especially associated with Ashkenazi cultures.


svara

(music) A concept in Indian music, comparable to a note or tone.


veikur

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veikur (comparative veikari, superlative veikastur)

veikari (comparative)
veikastur (superlative)
veikur (masculine nominative singular)
veik (feminine nominative singular)
veikt (neuter nominative singular)
veikan (accusative masculine singular)
veika (accusative feminine singular)
veikt (accusative neuter singular)
veikum (dative masculine singular)
veikri (dative feminine singular)
veiku (dative neuter singular)
veiks (genitive masculine singular)
veikrar (feminine genitive singular)
veiks (genitive neuter singular)
veikir (masculine nominative plural)
veikar (feminine nominative plural)
veik (neuter nominative plural)
veika (accusative masculine plural)
veikar (accusative feminine plural)
veik (accusative neuter plural)
veikum (dative masculine plural)
veikum (dative feminine plural)
veikum (dative neuter plural)
veikra (genitive masculine plural)
veikra (feminine genitive plural)
veikra (genitive neuter plural)
veiki (masculine nominative singular)
veika (feminine nominative singular)
veika (neuter nominative singular)
veika (accusative masculine singular)
veiku (accusative feminine singular)
veika (accusative neuter singular)
veika (dative masculine singular)
veiku (dative feminine singular)
veika (dative neuter singular)
veika (genitive masculine singular)
veiku (feminine genitive singular)
veika (genitive neuter singular)
veiku (masculine nominative plural)
veiku (feminine nominative plural)
veiku (neuter nominative plural)
veiku (accusative masculine plural)
veiku (accusative feminine plural)
veiku (accusative neuter plural)
veiku (dative masculine plural)
veiku (dative feminine plural)
veiku (dative neuter plural)
veiku (genitive masculine plural)
veiku (feminine genitive plural)
veiku (genitive neuter plural)
veikari (comparative masculine nominative singular)
veikari (comparative feminine nominative singular)
veikara (comparative neuter nominative singular)
veikari (accusative comparative masculine singular)
veikari (accusative comparative feminine singular)
veikara (accusative comparative neuter singular)
veikari (comparative dative masculine singular)
veikari (comparative dative feminine singular)
veikara (comparative dative neuter singular)
veikari (comparative genitive masculine singular)
veikari (comparative feminine genitive singular)
veikara (comparative genitive neuter singular)
veikari (comparative masculine nominative plural)
veikari (comparative feminine nominative plural)
veikari (comparative neuter nominative plural)
veikari (accusative comparative masculine plural)
veikari (accusative comparative feminine plural)
veikari (accusative comparative neuter plural)
veikari (comparative dative masculine plural)
veikari (comparative dative feminine plural)
veikari (comparative dative neuter plural)
veikari (comparative genitive masculine plural)
veikari (comparative feminine genitive plural)
veikari (comparative genitive neuter plural)
veikastur (masculine nominative singular superlative)
veikust (feminine nominative singular superlative)
veikast (neuter nominative singular superlative)
veikastan (accusative masculine singular superlative)
veikasta (accusative feminine singular superlative)
veikast (accusative neuter singular superlative)
veikustum (dative masculine singular superlative)
veikastri (dative feminine singular superlative)
veikustu (dative neuter singular superlative)
veikasts (genitive masculine singular superlative)
veikastrar (feminine genitive singular superlative)
veikasts (genitive neuter singular superlative)
veikastir (masculine nominative plural superlative)
veikastar (feminine nominative plural superlative)
veikust (neuter nominative plural superlative)
veikasta (accusative masculine plural superlative)
veikastar (accusative feminine plural superlative)
veikust (accusative neuter plural superlative)
veikustum (dative masculine plural superlative)
veikustum (dative feminine plural superlative)
veikustum (dative neuter plural superlative)
veikastra (genitive masculine plural superlative)
veikastra (feminine genitive plural superlative)
veikastra (genitive neuter plural superlative)
veikasti (masculine nominative singular superlative)
veikasta (feminine nominative singular superlative)
veikasta (neuter nominative singular superlative)
veikasta (accusative masculine singular superlative)
veikustu (accusative feminine singular superlative)
veikasta (accusative neuter singular superlative)
veikasta (dative masculine singular superlative)
veikustu (dative feminine singular superlative)
veikasta (dative neuter singular superlative)
veikasta (genitive masculine singular superlative)
veikustu (feminine genitive singular superlative)
veikasta (genitive neuter singular superlative)
veikustu (masculine nominative plural superlative)
veikustu (feminine nominative plural superlative)
veikustu (neuter nominative plural superlative)
veikustu (accusative masculine plural superlative)
veikustu (accusative feminine plural superlative)
veikustu (accusative neuter plural superlative)
veikustu (dative masculine plural superlative)
veikustu (dative feminine plural superlative)
veikustu (dative neuter plural superlative)
veikustu (genitive masculine plural superlative)
veikustu (feminine genitive plural superlative)
veikustu (genitive neuter plural superlative)

is-decl-adj-strong

positive (strong declension)

is-decl-adj-base

positive (strong declension)

is-decl-adj-weak

positive (weak declension)

is-decl-adj-base

positive (weak declension)

comparative

is-decl-adj-strong

superlative (strong declension)

is-decl-adj-base

superlative (strong declension)

is-decl-adj-weak

superlative (weak declension)

is-decl-adj-base

superlative (weak declension)

From Old Norse veikr, from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz.


Leier

Leier (genitive)
Leiern (plural)
Leier (nominative singular)
Leiern (definite nominative plural)
Leier (genitive singular)
Leiern (definite genitive plural)
Leier (dative singular)
Leiern (dative definite plural)
Leier (accusative singular)
Leiern (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German līre, from Old High German līra, from Latin lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra).

(music, also Drehleier) hurdy-gurdy (medieval fiddle with a wheel)


bluegrass

From the band Blue Grass Boys, led by Bill Monroe; bluegrass is first attested in print in reference to the genre of music in 1956.

(music, uncountable) A subgenre of country music with roots in Scots-Irish Appalachian folk music, blues, and jazz and characterized by banjos, fiddles, acoustic guitars, dobros, and mandolins; but containing no drums, electric guitars, pianos or other keyboard or wind instruments.


spinet

He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam.

1956, Delano Ames, chapter 14, in Crime out of Mind:

(music) A short, compact harpsichord or piano.


spinet

spinet (nominative singular)
spinety (nominative plural)
spinetu (genitive singular)
spinetů (genitive plural)
spinetu (dative singular)
spinetům (dative plural)
spinet (accusative singular)
spinety (accusative plural)
spinete (singular vocative)
spinety (plural vocative)
spinetě (locative singular)
spinetu (locative singular)
spinetech (locative plural)
spinetem (instrumental singular)
spinety (instrumental plural)


chaîne

Inherited from Middle French chaisne, from Old French chaene, chaiene, caiene, inherited from Latin catēna. Doublet of cadène and catène. The long vowel derives from the Old French hiatus; by analogy the length was expressed with a silent -s- in Middle French, which was then replaced with the circumflex.


вина

ru-noun+

ви́на • (vína) f inan (genitive ви́ны, nominative plural ви́ны, genitive plural вин)

ви́на (canonical)
vína (romanization)
ви́ны (genitive)
ви́ны (nominative plural)
вин (genitive plural)
ви́на (nominative singular)
ви́ны (nominative plural)
ви́ны (genitive singular)
ви́н (genitive plural)
ви́не (dative singular)
ви́нам (dative plural)
ви́ну (accusative singular)
ви́ны (accusative plural)
ви́ной (instrumental singular)
ви́ною (instrumental singular)
ви́нами (instrumental plural)
ви́не (prepositional singular)
ви́нах (plural prepositional)

ru:вина
ru:вина (музыкальный инструмент)


вина

uk-noun

ви́на • (výna) f inan (genitive ви́ни, nominative plural ви́ни, genitive plural вин)

ви́на (canonical)
výna (romanization)
ви́ни (genitive)
ви́ни (nominative plural)
вин (genitive plural)
ви́на (nominative singular)
ви́ни (nominative plural)
ви́ни (genitive singular)
вин (genitive plural)
ви́ні (dative singular)
ви́нам (dative plural)
ви́ну (accusative singular)
ви́ни (accusative plural)
ви́ною (instrumental singular)
ви́нами (instrumental plural)
ви́ні (locative singular)
ви́нах (locative plural)
ви́но (singular vocative)
ви́ни (plural vocative)

wp

Віна (музичний інструмент)


Chor

de-noun

Chor m (strong, genitive Chores or Chors, plural Chöre)

Chores (genitive)
Chors (genitive)
Chöre (plural)
Chor (nominative singular)
Chöre (definite nominative plural)
Chores (genitive singular)
Chors (genitive singular)
Chöre (definite genitive plural)
Chor (dative singular)
Chore (dative singular)
Chören (dative definite plural)
Chor (accusative singular)
Chöre (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German kōr, chōr, from Latin chorus.

(music) choir; chorus (group of people singing together)


oom-pah

Onomatopoeia of the sound and rhythm of German folk music.

(music) A genre of Germanic music (especially Bavarian music) typically involving brass instruments.

An oom-pah bassline:
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(music) A bassline characteristic of such music, alternating lower and higher notes or chords on the beat, or in a mid-high-low-high sequence.


lineup

After losing half the lineup, the band went on hiatus before reemerging in late 1991 with a new lineup of Goss, bassist Googe and the legendary Ginger Baker of Cream and Blind Faith on drums.

2013, Pete Crigler, Majorlabelland And Assorted Oddities, page 36:

Honing the band's anthemic sound and stance, they relocated to Richmond and created a solid lineup.

2014, Kevin Prested, Punk USA: The Rise and Fall of Lookout Records, page 79:

Throughout their career, Pearl Jam has experienced a number of lineup changes, and the band has had several members come and go over the years.

2023, Zander Pearce, The Journey Of Pearl Jam — From Grunge To Glory:

(music) The members of a music group at any one time.


Trommelfell

Trommelfell n (strong, genitive Trommelfelles or Trommelfells, plural Trommelfelle)

Trommelfelles (genitive)
Trommelfells (genitive)
Trommelfelle (plural)
Trommelfell (nominative singular)
Trommelfelle (definite nominative plural)
Trommelfelles (genitive singular)
Trommelfells (genitive singular)
Trommelfelle (definite genitive plural)
Trommelfell (dative singular)
Trommelfelle (dative singular)
Trommelfellen (dative definite plural)
Trommelfell (accusative singular)
Trommelfelle (accusative definite plural)

From Trommel (“drum”) + Fell (“animal skin”).


toque

en-noun

toque (countable and uncountable, plural toques)

(music) A rhythm used in Latin music, especially Cuban religious rituals.

(music) The guitar part of flamenco music.


hitt

hiti (genitive)
hitti (partitive)
hitt (nominative singular)
hitid (nominative plural)
hitt (accusative nominative singular)
hitid (accusative nominative plural)
hiti (accusative genitive singular)
hitid (accusative genitive plural)
hiti (genitive singular)
hittide (genitive plural)
hitti (partitive singular)
hitte (partitive plural)
hittisid (partitive plural)
hitti (illative singular)
hitisse (illative singular)
hittidesse (illative plural)
hitesse (illative plural)
hitis (inessive singular)
hittides (inessive plural)
hites (inessive plural)
hitist (elative singular)
hittidest (elative plural)
hitest (elative plural)
hitile (allative singular)
hittidele (allative plural)
hitele (allative plural)
hitil (adessive singular)
hittidel (adessive plural)
hitel (adessive plural)
hitilt (ablative singular)
hittidelt (ablative plural)
hitelt (ablative plural)
hitiks (singular translative)
hittideks (plural translative)
hiteks (plural translative)
hitini (singular terminative)
hittideni (plural terminative)
hitina (essive singular)
hittidena (essive plural)
hitita (abessive singular)
hittideta (abessive plural)
hitiga (comitative singular)
hittidega (comitative plural)

(music) banger, hit (recorded song that receives widespread recognition and success)


hitt

hitten (definite singular)
hitter (indefinite plural)
hittene (definite plural)


hitt

hitten (definite singular)
hittar (indefinite plural)
hittane (definite plural)


nota

nota (nominative singular)
noty (nominative plural)
noty (genitive singular)
not (genitive plural)
notě (dative singular)
notám (dative plural)
notu (accusative singular)
noty (accusative plural)
noto (singular vocative)
noty (plural vocative)
notě (locative singular)
notách (locative plural)
notou (instrumental singular)
notami (instrumental plural)


nota

head

nota (definite accusative notayı, plural notalar)

notayı (accusative definite)
notalar (plural)
nota (nominative singular)
notalar (nominative plural)
notayı (accusative definite singular)
notaları (accusative definite plural)
notaya (dative singular)
notalara (dative plural)
notada (locative singular)
notalarda (locative plural)
notadan (ablative singular)
notalardan (ablative plural)
notanın (genitive singular)
notaların (genitive plural)

From Ottoman Turkish نوطه (nota), from French note.


рыба

ru-noun+

ры́ба • (rýba) f anim or f inan (genitive ры́бы, nominative plural ры́бы, genitive plural рыб, relational adjective ры́бный or ры́бий, diminutive ры́бка or рыбёшка or ры́бонька or ры́бица, augmentative ры́бища, pejorative рыбёха or рыбчо́нка)

ры́ба (canonical)
rýba (romanization)
ры́бы (genitive)
ры́бы (nominative plural)
рыб (genitive plural)
ры́бный (adjective relational)
ры́бий (adjective relational)
ры́бка (diminutive)
рыбёшка (diminutive)
ры́бонька (diminutive)
ры́бица (diminutive)
ры́бища (augmentative)
рыбёха (pejorative)
рыбчо́нка (pejorative)
ры́ба (nominative singular)
ры́бы (nominative plural)
ры́бы (genitive singular)
ры́б (genitive plural)
ры́бе (dative singular)
ры́бам (dative plural)
ры́бу (accusative singular)
ры́б (accusative plural)
ры́бы (accusative plural)
ры́бой (instrumental singular)
ры́бою (instrumental singular)
ры́бами (instrumental plural)
ры́бе (prepositional singular)
ры́бах (plural prepositional)
ры́ба (dated nominative singular)
ры́бы (dated nominative plural)
ры́бы (dated genitive singular)
ры́бъ (dated genitive plural)
ры́бѣ (dated dative singular)
ры́бамъ (dated dative plural)
ры́бу (accusative dated singular)
ры́бъ (accusative dated plural)
ры́бы (accusative dated plural)
ры́бой (dated instrumental singular)
ры́бою (dated instrumental singular)
ры́бами (dated instrumental plural)
ры́бѣ (dated prepositional singular)
ры́бахъ (dated plural prepositional)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ryba, further etymology uncertain.

(inanimate, publishing, music) placeholder, lorem ipsum


jingle

/ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡ(ə)l/

The verb, which is older than the noun, is from Middle English gyngle. Onomatopoeic; compare jangle.

Her tambourine didn't come with any jingles attached.

(music) A small piece of metal attached to a musical instrument, such as a tambourine, so as to make a jangling sound when the instrument is played.

sonall

That used-car dealership's jingle has been stuck in my head since we heard that song.

The best of friends become the worst of enemies when Barney makes a hilarious attack ad where he viciously pummels a cardboard cut-out of Homer before special guest star Linda Ronstadt joins the fun to both continue the attack on the helpless Homer stand-in and croon a slanderously accurate, insanely catchy jingle about how “Mr. Plow is a loser/And I think he is a boozer.”

2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):

(broadcasting, advertising, music) A memorable short song, or in some cases a snippet of a popular song with its lyrics modified, used for the purposes of advertising a product or service in a TV or radio commercial.


Flügel

de-noun

Flügel m (strong, genitive Flügels, plural Flügel, diminutive Flügelchen n or Flüglein n)

Flügels (genitive)
Flügel (plural)
Flügelchen (diminutive neuter)
Flüglein (diminutive neuter)
Flügel (nominative singular)
Flügel (definite nominative plural)
Flügels (genitive singular)
Flügel (definite genitive plural)
Flügel (dative singular)
Flügeln (dative definite plural)
Flügel (accusative singular)
Flügel (accusative definite plural)

→ Danish: flygel

→ Esperanto: flugilo

→ Norwegian Bokmål: flygel

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: flygel

→ Swedish: flygel

From Middle High German vlügel, from Old High German *flugil, from Proto-Germanic *flugilaz. Cognate with Yiddish פֿליגל (fligl), Dutch vleugel, Middle Low German vlȫgel.
The use for the grand piano (18th c.) is due to the similarity in form to a bird’s wing.

Er begab sich ins Klavierzimmer, griff ein paar Akkorde auf dem verstimmten Flügel, verließ aber bald wieder den Raum, [...]

1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 14:

He went to the piano room, struck a few chords on the out-of-tune grand piano, but soon left the room again, …


repetiteur

(music, theater) A tutor or coach of ballet dancers or opera singers.


Flöte

Flöte f (genitive Flöte, plural Flöten, diminutive Flötchen n)

Flöte (genitive)
Flöten (plural)
Flötchen (diminutive neuter)
Flöte (nominative singular)
Flöten (definite nominative plural)
Flöte (genitive singular)
Flöten (definite genitive plural)
Flöte (dative singular)
Flöten (dative definite plural)
Flöte (accusative singular)
Flöten (accusative definite plural)

→ Czech: flétna

→ Russian: фле́йта (fléjta) (see there for further descendants)

From Middle High German vloite and variants; borrowed via Middle Dutch floite from Old French fleüte.


wonky

From English dialectal wanky, alteration of Middle English wankel (“unstable, shaky”), from Old English wancol (“unstable”), from Proto-West Germanic *wankul (“swaying, shaky, unstable”).

inh

By the late 2000s, dubstep had splintered into numerous factions, from brostep to wonky to the evocative “purple,” […]

2015, Jan Kyrre Berg O. Friis, Robert P. Crease, Technoscience and Postphenomenology: The Manhattan Papers:

(music) A subgenre of electronic music employing unstable rhythms, complex time signatures, and mid-range synths.


house music

Probably from The Warehouse, a nightclub in Chicago, Illinois, USA, where the music became popular around 1985.

Gotta have house music, all night long / With that house music, you can't go wrong / Give me that house music, set me free

1986, Marshall Jefferson (lyrics and music), “Move Your Body”:

House is an uncontrollable desire to jack your body / And, as I told you before, this is our house and our house music

1987, “My House”, Chuck Roberts (lyrics), performed by Rhythm Controll:

Corrugated-steel ceilings, a dozen blue-felted pool tables and DJ house music Thursday to Saturday.

2007, Danny Palmerlee, South America on a Shoestring, page 66:

(music) A particular type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum.


Blech

de-noun

Blech n (strong, genitive Blechs or Bleches, plural Bleche)

Blechs (genitive)
Bleches (genitive)
Bleche (plural)
Blech (nominative singular)
Bleche (definite nominative plural)
Blechs (genitive singular)
Bleches (genitive singular)
Bleche (definite genitive plural)
Blech (dative singular)
Bleche (dative singular)
Blechen (dative definite plural)
Blech (accusative singular)
Bleche (accusative definite plural)

→ Czech: plech

→ Hungarian: pléh

→ Kashubian: blacha

→ Old Polish: blacha

Polish: blacha

→ Serbo-Croatian: plȅh

From Middle High German blëch, from Old High German bleh, from Proto-West Germanic *blik, from Proto-Germanic *bliką. Compare Old Saxon blek, Dutch blik.

„Das Blech spielt bitte mal allein!“ rief der Dirigent.

The conductor demanded loudly: “Brass play on their own now, please!”

(informal, music, collective) brass (all brass instruments, or all brass players, etc.)


cifra

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cifra (“zero, numeral”), from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “zero, empty, nothing”). Doublet of zero.

der

(music) number or letter that represents a chord


cadence

en-noun

cadence (countable and uncountable, plural cadences)

Borrowed from Middle French cadence, from Old Italian cadenza (“conclusion of a phrase of music”), from Latin *cadentia (literally “a falling”), form of cadēns, the present participle of cadō (“I fall, I cease”). The Latin verb is inherited, via Proto-Italic *kadō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱad-e- (“to fall”, thematic present). Doublet of cadenza and chance.

der

(music) A progression of at least two chords which conclude a piece of music, section or musical phrases within it. Sometimes referred to analogously as musical punctuation.

(music) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.


chanterelle

/ˈtʃæntəɹɛl/

Borrowed from French chanterelle, from New Latin cantharellus, diminutive of Latin cantharus (“drinking vessel”), from Ancient Greek κάνθαρος (kántharos). Probably of Pre-Greek origin, cognate with Akkadian 𒃶𒁺𒊒𒌑 (/kanduru/, “kind of vessel”), from Sumerian 𒄑𒃶𒉡𒌉 (/gannu-tur/, “small vessel; potstand”, literally “little vessel, container, holder”).

cog

There were hushed moments of complete beauty when the melody moved out and hung above the chanterelle like a hummingbird poised over a flower.

2003, Paul Bowles, edited by Timothy Mangan and Irene Herrmann, Paul Bowles on Music, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 123:

(music) The highest string of the violin or similar instrument.


chanterelle

(music) chanterelle (highest string of the violin or similar instrument)


heavy metal

en-noun

heavy metal (countable and uncountable, plural heavy metals)

Lester Bangs
Mike Saunders
Sandy Pearlman
William S. Burroughs

The origin of the music genre sense is often disputed; it was used by William S. Burroughs in Soft Machine and Nova Express and various music critics claim to have coined it: Sandy Pearlman, Lester Bangs and Mike Saunders.

(music, uncountable) A genre descended from rock music, characterized by the use of emphatic drumbeats, highly amplified distortion, and overall loudness; often featuring extended instrumental solos and powerful vocals.


heavy metal

Unadapted borrowing from English heavy metal.


heavy metal

[ˈɛ.βi ˈmɛ.tɐɫ]

(music) heavy metal (genre of rock music)


dotted

en-adj

dotted (comparative more dotted, superlative most dotted)

more dotted (comparative)
most dotted (superlative)

(music, of notes and rests) With a dot after, increasing the value of the duration by half of the basic note.

παρεστιγμένος

(of music notes and rests) with a dot after


crooner

crooner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
croonant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
crooné (participle past)
croone (first-person indicative present singular)
croones (indicative present second-person singular)
croone (indicative present singular third-person)
croonons (first-person indicative plural present)
croonez (indicative plural present second-person)
croonent (indicative plural present third-person)
croonais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
croonais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
croonait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
croonions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
crooniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
croonaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
croonai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
croonas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
croona (historic indicative past singular third-person)
croonâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
croonâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
croonèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
croonerai (first-person future indicative singular)
crooneras (future indicative second-person singular)
croonera (future indicative singular third-person)
croonerons (first-person future indicative plural)
croonerez (future indicative plural second-person)
crooneront (future indicative plural third-person)
croonerais (conditional first-person singular)
croonerais (conditional second-person singular)
croonerait (conditional singular third-person)
croonerions (conditional first-person plural)
crooneriez (conditional plural second-person)
crooneraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
croone (first-person present singular subjunctive)
croones (present second-person singular subjunctive)
croone (present singular subjunctive third-person)
croonions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
crooniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
croonent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
croonasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
croonasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
croonât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
croonassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
croonassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
croonassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
croone (imperative second-person singular)
croonons (first-person imperative plural)
croonez (imperative plural second-person)


ragged

ragged (comparative more ragged, superlative most ragged)

more ragged (comparative)
most ragged (superlative)

From Middle English ragged, from North Germanic. Compare with Old Norse rǫgvaðr (“tufted”) and Norwegian ragget (“shaggy”).

(music) Performed in a syncopated manner, especially in ragtime.


headliner

(music) The headlining band or performer at a concert or similar event; the best-known and first billed musician, comedian, etc., often performing as the final act of the evening.


backing

en-noun

backing (countable and uncountable, plural backings)

(music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer.


backing

(music) Providing support for the main performer.


plectrum

Borrowed from Latin plēctrum, from Ancient Greek πλῆκτρον (plêktron, “anything to strike with, an instrument for striking the lyre, a spear point”), from πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike, to smite, to sting”).

uder

For sounds in winter nights, and often in winter days, I heard the forlorn but melodious note of a hooting owl indefinitely far; such a sound as the frozen earth would yield if struck with a suitable plectrum, the very lingua vernacula of Walden Wood, and quite familiar to me at last, though I never saw the bird while it was making it.

1854 August 9, Henry D[avid] Thoreau, “Winter Animals”, in Walden; or, Life in the Woods, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 292:

(music) A small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.


formalism

en-noun

formalism (countable and uncountable, plural formalisms)

/ˈfɔɹml̩ˌɪzm̩/

(music) The tendency to elevate formal above expressive value in music, as in serialism.

形式主義

music: tendency to elevate formal above expressive value


gangsta rap

gangsta rap (countable and uncountable, plural gangsta raps)

(music) A subgenre of hip-hop music associated with urban street gangs and characterized by a focus on lyrics about crime, urban life, and materialistic excess.


contrapuntal

en-adj

contrapuntal (comparative more contrapuntal, superlative most contrapuntal)

more contrapuntal (comparative)
most contrapuntal (superlative)

From Latin Latin punctus contra punctum (“note against note”).

der

(music, of a piece of music) With two or more independent melodic lines.


baguette

→ Czech: bageta

→ Danish: baguette

→ English: baguette

→ German: Baguette

→ Greek: μπαγκέτα (bagkéta)

→ Hebrew: בגט (bagét)

→ Korean: 바게트 (bageteu)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: bagett

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: bagett

→ Polish: bagietka

→ Portuguese: baguete

→ Romanian: baghetă

→ Russian: баге́т (bagét)

→ Spanish: baguette

→ Swedish: baguette

→ Turkish: baget

desc

→ Ukrainian: баге́т (bahét), баґе́та (bagéta)

Ringo est un maître des baguettes.
Ringo is a drumstick master.

Assis en rond dans la cour, nous jouons du tambour.
Assis en rond dans la cour, nous jouons du tambour.
Ses baguettes font tacatamtam.
Tes baguettes font tacatamtam.
Mes baguettes, mes baguettes, mes baguettes font tacatamtam.
Ses baguettes font tacatamtam.
Tes baguettes font tacatamtam.
Mes baguettes, mes baguettes, mes baguettes font tacatamtam.
Tacatamtam.

1986, “Il était une fois … une maison des musiciens [There Once Was… a House of Musicians]”, in Il était une fois … une petite grenouille [There Once Was… a Little Frog] (fiction), Paris: CLE International:

Sitting in a circle in the yard, we play the drum.
Sitting in a circle in the yard, we play the drum.
Their drumsticks go tacatamtam.
Your drumsticks go tacatamtam.
My drumsticks, my drumsticks, my drumsticks go tacatamtam.
Their drumsticks go tacatamtam.
Your drumsticks go tacatamtam.
My drumsticks, my drumsticks, my drumsticks go tacatamtam.
Tacatamtam.


cantata

en-noun

cantata (plural cantatas or (less common, modeled on Italian) cantate)

From Italian cantata. Doublet of chanty.

(music) A vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement, typical of 17th and 18th century Italian music.


venu

From Sanskrit वेणु (veṇu, “a bamboo, reed, cane; a flute, fife, pipe”).

der

(music) One of the ancient transverse flutes of Indian classical music.


Beatlesque

en-adj

Beatlesque (comparative more Beatlesque, superlative most Beatlesque)

more Beatlesque (comparative)
most Beatlesque (superlative)

The 1980s all-girl band, the Bangles, reunites for a comeback album with crisp Beatles-esque melodies.

2006 June 6, “Back with a Bang(les)”, in The Straits Times, page 18:

(music) Similar to The Beatles or their music.


gabber

en-noun

gabber (countable and uncountable, plural gabbers)

Borrowed from Dutch gabber (literally “friend”), from Yiddish חבֿר (khaver). Doublet of chaver, kubber.

This, in turn, birthed all kinds of mainly regional variations that have lasted from the 90s to today, most notably gabber—a relentless mix of superfast BPMS, distorted kickdrums and roared vocals that evoked the distilled nihilism of Rotterdam skinheads.

2020 January 10, Joe Muggs, “Gabber: return of dance music’s gloriously tasteless subgenre”, in The Guardian:

(uncountable, music) A subgenre of hardcore techno characterised by an intense, distorted kick sound and controversial lyrics or samples.


gabber

nl-noun

gabber m (plural gabbers, diminutive gabbertje n)

gabbers (plural)
gabbertje (diminutive neuter)

→ English: gabber

Borrowed from Yiddish חבֿר (khaver, “friend”), from Hebrew חָבֵר (khavér, “friend”).


entrée

Borrowed from French entrée. Doublet of entrada and entry.


lip sync

(music, singing) The synchronization of prerecorded audio signals and movement of the lips such that there is no lack of simultaneity between them.


bazooka

→ Arabic: بازوكة (bāzūka)

→ Chinese: 巴祖卡 (bāzǔkǎ)

→ French: bazooka

→ Dutch: bazooka

→ Finnish: bazooka

→ German: Bazooka

→ Indonesian: bazoka

→ Japanese: バズーカ (bazūka)

→ Korean: 바주카 (bajuka)

→ Macedonian: базука (bazuka)

→ Maranao: basoka

→ Polish: bazooka

→ Portuguese: bazuca

→ Romanian: bazooka

→ Spanish: bazuca

→ Swedish: bazooka

Bazooka (disambiguation)
Bob Burns (humorist)
European debt crisis

From an extension of the word bazoo (“mouth, boastful talk”), which ultimately probably stems from Dutch bazuin (“trumpet”). In the finance sense first used by policymakers during the European debt crisis (2010).

(music) A primitive trombone having wide tubes.


company front

(music) a marching formation consisting of the entire band or corps standing side by side in a single row.


pentatonic scale

en-noun

pentatonic scale (plural pentatonic scales)

Japanese mode pentatonic scale:
{\set Staff.midiInstrument=#"koto"\override Score.TimeSignature#'stencil =##f{\time6/4 e'f'a'b'c2}}

(music) A scale having five notes per octave.


drzewo

pl-noun

drzewo n (diminutive drzewko, related adjective drzewny)

drzewko (diminutive)
drzewny (adjective)
drzewo (nominative singular)
drzewa (nominative plural)
drzewa (genitive singular)
drzew (genitive plural)
drzewu (dative singular)
drzewom (dative plural)
drzewo (accusative singular)
drzewa (accusative plural)
drzewem (instrumental singular)
drzewami (instrumental plural)
drzewie (locative singular)
drzewach (locative plural)
drzewo (singular vocative)
drzewa (plural vocative)

(uncountable, music) wood (woodwind instruments collectively)


exposition

en-noun

exposition (countable and uncountable, plural expositions)

From Middle English exposicioun, from Old French esposicion, from Latin expositiō, from expōnere (“to put forth”). The sense meaning "exhibition" is a later semantic loan from French exposition.

(music) The opening section of a movement in sonata form; the opening section of a fugue.

مَعْرِض

action of putting something out to public view


descending

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-descending.wav

تَنَازُلِيّ

ordered such that each element is less than or equal to the previous element


MIPI

(Australia, music) Initialism of Music Industry Piracy Investigations.


doit

Borrowed from Middle Low German doyt, cognate with Middle Dutch duit. Doublet of thwaite.

Jazz symbols include many contoured articulations and inflections, such as doits, fall-offs, and scoops.

1995, Music & Computers, volume 1, numbers 2-4, page 57:

(music) In jazz music, a note that slides to an indefinite pitch chromatically upwards.


seksti

seksti (nominative singular)
sekstit (nominative plural)
seksti (accusative nominative singular)
sekstit (accusative nominative plural)
sekstin (accusative genitive singular)
sekstit (accusative genitive plural)
sekstin (genitive singular)
sekstien (genitive plural)
sekstiä (partitive singular)
sekstejä (partitive plural)
sekstissä (inessive singular)
seksteissä (inessive plural)
sekstistä (elative singular)
seksteistä (elative plural)
sekstiin (illative singular)
seksteihin (illative plural)
sekstillä (adessive singular)
seksteillä (adessive plural)
sekstiltä (ablative singular)
seksteiltä (ablative plural)
sekstille (allative singular)
seksteille (allative plural)
sekstinä (essive singular)
seksteinä (essive plural)
sekstiksi (singular translative)
seksteiksi (plural translative)
sekstittä (abessive singular)
seksteittä (abessive plural)
sekstein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
sekstini (nominative singular)
sekstini (nominative plural)
sekstini (accusative nominative singular)
sekstini (accusative nominative plural)
sekstini (accusative genitive singular)
sekstini (accusative genitive plural)
sekstini (genitive singular)
sekstieni (genitive plural)
sekstiäni (partitive singular)
sekstejäni (partitive plural)
sekstissäni (inessive singular)
seksteissäni (inessive plural)
sekstistäni (elative singular)
seksteistäni (elative plural)
sekstiini (illative singular)
seksteihini (illative plural)
sekstilläni (adessive singular)
seksteilläni (adessive plural)
sekstiltäni (ablative singular)
seksteiltäni (ablative plural)
sekstilleni (allative singular)
seksteilleni (allative plural)
sekstinäni (essive singular)
seksteinäni (essive plural)
sekstikseni (singular translative)
seksteikseni (plural translative)
sekstittäni (abessive singular)
seksteittäni (abessive plural)
seksteineni (comitative plural)
sekstisi (nominative singular)
sekstisi (nominative plural)
sekstisi (accusative nominative singular)
sekstisi (accusative nominative plural)
sekstisi (accusative genitive singular)
sekstisi (accusative genitive plural)
sekstisi (genitive singular)
sekstiesi (genitive plural)
sekstiäsi (partitive singular)
sekstejäsi (partitive plural)
sekstissäsi (inessive singular)
seksteissäsi (inessive plural)
sekstistäsi (elative singular)
seksteistäsi (elative plural)
sekstiisi (illative singular)
seksteihisi (illative plural)
sekstilläsi (adessive singular)
seksteilläsi (adessive plural)
sekstiltäsi (ablative singular)
seksteiltäsi (ablative plural)
sekstillesi (allative singular)
seksteillesi (allative plural)
sekstinäsi (essive singular)
seksteinäsi (essive plural)
sekstiksesi (singular translative)
seksteiksesi (plural translative)
sekstittäsi (abessive singular)
seksteittäsi (abessive plural)
seksteinesi (comitative plural)
sekstimme (nominative singular)
sekstimme (nominative plural)
sekstimme (accusative nominative singular)
sekstimme (accusative nominative plural)
sekstimme (accusative genitive singular)
sekstimme (accusative genitive plural)
sekstimme (genitive singular)
sekstiemme (genitive plural)
sekstiämme (partitive singular)
sekstejämme (partitive plural)
sekstissämme (inessive singular)
seksteissämme (inessive plural)
sekstistämme (elative singular)
seksteistämme (elative plural)
sekstiimme (illative singular)
seksteihimme (illative plural)
sekstillämme (adessive singular)
seksteillämme (adessive plural)
sekstiltämme (ablative singular)
seksteiltämme (ablative plural)
sekstillemme (allative singular)
seksteillemme (allative plural)
sekstinämme (essive singular)
seksteinämme (essive plural)
sekstiksemme (singular translative)
seksteiksemme (plural translative)
sekstittämme (abessive singular)
seksteittämme (abessive plural)
seksteinemme (comitative plural)
sekstinne (nominative singular)
sekstinne (nominative plural)
sekstinne (accusative nominative singular)
sekstinne (accusative nominative plural)
sekstinne (accusative genitive singular)
sekstinne (accusative genitive plural)
sekstinne (genitive singular)
sekstienne (genitive plural)
sekstiänne (partitive singular)
sekstejänne (partitive plural)
sekstissänne (inessive singular)
seksteissänne (inessive plural)
sekstistänne (elative singular)
seksteistänne (elative plural)
sekstiinne (illative singular)
seksteihinne (illative plural)
sekstillänne (adessive singular)
seksteillänne (adessive plural)
sekstiltänne (ablative singular)
seksteiltänne (ablative plural)
sekstillenne (allative singular)
seksteillenne (allative plural)
sekstinänne (essive singular)
seksteinänne (essive plural)
sekstiksenne (singular translative)
seksteiksenne (plural translative)
sekstittänne (abessive singular)
seksteittänne (abessive plural)
seksteinenne (comitative plural)
sekstinsä (nominative singular)
sekstinsä (nominative plural)
sekstinsä (accusative nominative singular)
sekstinsä (accusative nominative plural)
sekstinsä (accusative genitive singular)
sekstinsä (accusative genitive plural)
sekstinsä (genitive singular)
sekstiensä (genitive plural)
sekstiään (partitive singular)
sekstiänsä (partitive singular)
sekstejään (partitive plural)
sekstejänsä (partitive plural)
sekstissään (inessive singular)
sekstissänsä (inessive singular)
seksteissään (inessive plural)
seksteissänsä (inessive plural)
sekstistään (elative singular)
sekstistänsä (elative singular)
seksteistään (elative plural)
seksteistänsä (elative plural)
sekstiinsä (illative singular)
seksteihinsä (illative plural)
sekstillään (adessive singular)
sekstillänsä (adessive singular)
seksteillään (adessive plural)
seksteillänsä (adessive plural)
sekstiltään (ablative singular)
sekstiltänsä (ablative singular)
seksteiltään (ablative plural)
seksteiltänsä (ablative plural)
sekstilleen (allative singular)
sekstillensä (allative singular)
seksteilleen (allative plural)
seksteillensä (allative plural)
sekstinään (essive singular)
sekstinänsä (essive singular)
seksteinään (essive plural)
seksteinänsä (essive plural)
sekstikseen (singular translative)
sekstiksensä (singular translative)
seksteikseen (plural translative)
seksteiksensä (plural translative)
sekstittään (abessive singular)
sekstittänsä (abessive singular)
seksteittään (abessive plural)
seksteittänsä (abessive plural)
seksteineen (comitative plural)
seksteinensä (comitative plural)


player piano

(music) An acoustic piano that is played automatically by mechanical means.


contretemps

From contre- + temps, by calque of Italian contrattempo.

à contretemps


ictus

ictus (plural ictus or ictuses or ictusses)

ictus (plural)
ictuses (plural)
ictusses (plural)

From Latin ictus (“a blow”), from īco (“I hit, strike, or smite”; “I stab or sting”).

(music) In conducting, the indication of a musical event, most often the beat of the tempo or the entry of a section of the orchestra.


ictus

la-noun

ictus m (genitive ictūs); fourth declension

ictūs (genitive)
ictus (nominative singular)
ictūs (nominative plural)
ictūs (genitive singular)
ictuum (genitive plural)
ictuī (dative singular)
ictibus (dative plural)
ictum (accusative singular)
ictūs (accusative plural)
ictū (ablative singular)
ictibus (ablative plural)
ictus (singular vocative)
ictūs (plural vocative)

Galician: eito, → ictus

→ English: ictus, ictal

Portuguese: eito, → icto

From ī̆cō (“to strike”) + -tus (suffix forming action nouns from verbs).


ictus

ictusuri (plural)
ictus (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
un ictus (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
ictusul (accusative definite nominative singular)
ictusuri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
niște ictusuri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
ictusurile (accusative definite nominative plural)
ictus (dative genitive indefinite singular)
unui ictus (dative genitive indefinite singular)
ictusului (dative definite genitive singular)
ictusuri (dative genitive indefinite plural)
unor ictusuri (dative genitive indefinite plural)
ictusurilor (dative definite genitive plural)
ictusule (singular vocative)
ictusurilor (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Latin ictus or French ictus.


PSB

Adult love, loss, triumph and decline is catalogued by PSB's words, rhythms, clothes and politics. The Pet Shop Boys have staying power.

2008, Tara Brabazon, Thinking Popular Culture: War, Terrorism and Writing, page 155:


continuum

en-noun

continuum (plural continuums or continua)

Borrowed from Latin continuum, neuter form of continuus, from contineō (“contain, enclose”).

(music) A touch-sensitive strip, similar to an electronic standard musical keyboard, except that the note steps are ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a semitone, and so are not separately marked.