"passacaglia" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌpasəˈkɑːlɪ.ə/ [UK], /ˌpɑsəˈkɑljə/ [US] Forms: passacaglias [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian passacaglia, from Spanish pasacalle, from pasar (“to pass”) + calle (“street”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|passacaglia}} Italian passacaglia, {{der|en|es|pasacalle}} Spanish pasacalle, {{m|es|pasar||to pass}} pasar (“to pass”), {{m|es|calle||street}} calle (“street”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} passacaglia (countable and uncountable, plural passacaglias)
  1. (music) A form of historical Spanish or Italian dance characterised by a serious nature, triple metre, and use of a ground bass. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Musical genres, Dances Translations (historical Spanish dance): պասսակալիա (passakalia) (Armenian), cercavila [feminine] (Catalan), 帕薩卡利亞 (Chinese Mandarin), 帕萨卡利亚 (pàsàkǎlìyà) (Chinese Mandarin), 帕薩卡里亞 (Chinese Mandarin), 帕萨卡里亚 (pàsàkǎlǐyà) (Chinese Mandarin), pasakaljo (Esperanto), passacaglia (Finnish), passacaille [feminine] (French), Passacaglia [feminine] (German), πασσακάλια (passakália) [feminine] (Greek), passacaglia [feminine] (Italian), パッサカリア (passakaria) (Japanese), 파사칼리아 (pasakallia) (Korean), pasakalja [feminine] (Latvian), passacaglia [feminine] (Romanian), пассака́лья (passakálʹja) [feminine] (Russian), пассака́лия (passakálija) [feminine] (Russian), pasacalle [masculine] (Spanish), pasacalles [masculine] (Spanish), pasakalye (Tagalog), пасака́лія (pasakálija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), passakalya (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-passacaglia-en-noun-TqbtKzzJ Disambiguation of Dances: 78 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'historical Spanish dance': 95 5
  2. (music, by extension) Any piece of classical music with similar characteristics. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-passacaglia-en-noun-PcuKDryY Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: passacaille, passecaille Coordinate_terms: chaconne

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