"downbeat" meaning in English

See downbeat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /daʊnˈbiːt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-downbeat2.wav Forms: more downbeat [comparative], most downbeat [superlative]
Etymology: Earlier downbeaten, from the phrasal verb beat down Head templates: {{en-adj}} downbeat (comparative more downbeat, superlative most downbeat)
  1. Sad or pessimistic. Translations (sad): мрачен (mračen) (Bulgarian), песимистичен (pesimističen) (Bulgarian), droef (Dutch), pessimistisch (Dutch), synkkä (Finnish), pessimistinen (Finnish), triste (French), pessimiste (French), pessimistisch (German), karamsar (Turkish), kötümser (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-downbeat-en-adj-o2xBhtJr Categories (other): English terms prefixed with down- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with down-: 44 6 50 Disambiguation of 'sad': 100 0
  2. Cautiously optimistic.
    Sense id: en-downbeat-en-adj-0ZGI4fQv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈdaʊnbiːt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-downbeat.wav Forms: downbeats [plural]
Etymology: From down + beat. Etymology templates: {{com|en|down|beat}} down + beat Head templates: {{en-noun}} downbeat (plural downbeats)
  1. (music) The accented beat at the beginning of a bar (indicated by a conductor with a downward stroke). Categories (topical): Music Related terms: afterbeat, offbeat, backbeat Translations (accented beat): ĉefpulso (Esperanto), alaslyönti (Finnish), temps fort (French), θέση (thési) [masculine] (Greek), akcentowana miara taktu [feminine] (Polish), curiad i lawr (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-downbeat-en-noun-mVeL3MF8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with down-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 15 49 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 29 0 71 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with down-: 44 6 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 3 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 9 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 2 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 28 14 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 27 0 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 15 55 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 0 77 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 28 7 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 29 15 56 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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