"fugue" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfjuːɡ/ Audio: en-us-fugue.ogg Forms: fugues [plural]
Rhymes: -uːɡ Etymology: Borrowed from French fugue, from Italian fuga (“flight, ardor”), from Latin fuga (“act of fleeing”), from fugiō (“to flee”); compare Ancient Greek φυγή (phugḗ). Apparently from the metaphor that the first part starts alone on its course, and is pursued by later parts. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰewg-|id=flee}}, {{bor|en|fr|fugue}} French fugue, {{der|en|it|fuga||flight, ardor}} Italian fuga (“flight, ardor”), {{der|en|la|fuga||act of fleeing}} Latin fuga (“act of fleeing”), {{cog|grc|φυγή}} Ancient Greek φυγή (phugḗ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fugue (plural fugues)
  1. (music) A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody. Categories (topical): Music Translations (piece of music): فُوغَا (fūḡā) [feminine] (Arabic), فُوغَا (fūgā) [feminine] (Arabic), ֆուգա (fuga) (Armenian), fuqa (Azerbaijani), фуга (fuha) [feminine] (Belarusian), фуга (fuga) [feminine] (Bulgarian), fuga [feminine] (Catalan), 賦格 (Chinese Mandarin), 赋格 (fùgé) (Chinese Mandarin), fuga [feminine] (Czech), fuga [common-gender] (Danish), fuga [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), fugo (Esperanto), fuuga (Estonian), fuuga (Finnish), fugue [feminine] (French), fughe [feminine] (Friulian), ფუგა (puga) (Georgian), Fuge [feminine] (German), φούγκα (foúgka) [feminine] (Greek), φυγή (fygí) [feminine] (Greek), פוּגָה (Hebrew), fúga (Hungarian), fúga [feminine] (Icelandic), fugo (Ido), fuga [feminine] (Italian), 遁走曲 (tonsōkyoku) (alt: とんそうきょく) (Japanese), フーガ (fūga) (Japanese), 푸가 (puga) (Korean), contrāpunctus [masculine] (Latin), fuga (Lithuanian), fuga [feminine] (Occitan), فوگ (Persian), fuga [feminine] (Polish), fuga [feminine] (Portuguese), fugă [feminine] (Romanian), фу́га (fúga) [feminine] (Russian), fúga (Slovak), fuga [feminine] (Slovene), fuga [feminine] (Spanish), fuga [common-gender] (Swedish), füg (Turkish), tẩu pháp (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-fugue-en-noun-hdkYDK1c Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'piece of music': 100 0 0
  2. Anything in literature, poetry, film, painting, etc., that resembles a fugue in structure or in its elaborate complexity and formality. Translations (anything in literature, poetry, film, painting, etc., that resembles a fugue in structure or complexity): Fuge [feminine] (German), φυγή (fygí) [feminine] (Greek), фу́га (fúga) [feminine] (Russian), fuga [feminine] (Slovene)
    Sense id: en-fugue-en-noun-yz8xYxGW Disambiguation of 'anything in literature, poetry, film, painting, etc., that resembles a fugue in structure or complexity': 6 75 19
  3. (psychiatry) A fugue state. Categories (topical): Psychiatry
    Sense id: en-fugue-en-noun-ihtp4vgK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Friulian translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 4 52 5 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 5 9 47 5 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 5 9 47 5 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 5 7 48 5 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 5 5 49 5 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 5 7 48 5 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 5 7 48 5 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 6 7 48 5 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 4 5 52 5 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 5 4 46 6 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 4 6 49 5 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 5 7 48 5 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 5 51 4 36 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 4 46 6 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Friulian translations: 5 7 48 5 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 5 8 44 6 37 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 4 49 5 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 5 4 47 5 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 6 11 45 5 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 6 48 5 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 5 7 48 5 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 4 4 51 5 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 4 4 50 5 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 4 4 50 5 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 5 7 48 5 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 4 4 50 5 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 5 7 48 5 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 4 5 51 4 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 5 6 48 5 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 5 7 48 5 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 5 7 45 6 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 5 7 48 5 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 5 7 48 5 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 4 50 5 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 5 7 48 5 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 5 7 48 5 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 4 4 48 6 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 5 7 48 5 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 5 7 48 5 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 5 7 48 5 35 Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: double fugue, fuguist, mirror fugue Related terms: fugacious, fugue state

Verb

IPA: /ˈfjuːɡ/ Audio: en-us-fugue.ogg Forms: fugues [present, singular, third-person], fuguing [participle, present], fugued [participle, past], fugued [past]
Rhymes: -uːɡ Etymology: Borrowed from French fugue, from Italian fuga (“flight, ardor”), from Latin fuga (“act of fleeing”), from fugiō (“to flee”); compare Ancient Greek φυγή (phugḗ). Apparently from the metaphor that the first part starts alone on its course, and is pursued by later parts. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰewg-|id=flee}}, {{bor|en|fr|fugue}} French fugue, {{der|en|it|fuga||flight, ardor}} Italian fuga (“flight, ardor”), {{der|en|la|fuga||act of fleeing}} Latin fuga (“act of fleeing”), {{cog|grc|φυγή}} Ancient Greek φυγή (phugḗ) Head templates: {{en-verb}} fugue (third-person singular simple present fugues, present participle fuguing, simple past and past participle fugued)
  1. To improvise, in singing, by introducing vocal ornamentation to fill gaps etc.
    Sense id: en-fugue-en-verb-kT50bC4Q
  2. (intransitive) To spend time in a dissociative fugue state. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-fugue-en-verb-WGUA2Qpd Categories (other): Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 5 4 46 6 39 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 5 4 46 6 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 5 8 44 6 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 5 4 47 5 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 5 7 45 6 37

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 175",
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      "alt": "とんそうきょく",
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      "roman": "tonsōkyoku",
      "sense": "piece of music",
      "word": "遁走曲"
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      "sense": "piece of music",
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      "sense": "piece of music",
      "word": "푸가"
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      "sense": "piece of music",
      "word": "fuga"
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      "sense": "piece of music",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "piece of music",
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      "sense": "piece of music",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fuga"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "piece of music",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fuga"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "piece of music",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fugă"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fúga",
      "sense": "piece of music",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "фу́га"
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      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "piece of music",
      "word": "fúga"
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      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "piece of music",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fuga"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "piece of music",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "fuga"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "piece of music",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fuga"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "piece of music",
      "word": "füg"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "piece of music",
      "word": "tẩu pháp"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "anything in literature, poetry, film, painting, etc., that resembles a fugue in structure or complexity",
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      "tags": [
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