anacrusis

English

WOTD - 1 January 2012    

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Etymology

Modern Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀνάκρουσις (anakrousis, “pushing up”), from ἀνακρούω (anakrouō, “I push up”), from ἀνά (ana, “up”) + κρούω (krouō, “I strike”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /anəˈkɹuːsɪs/

Noun

anacrusis (plural anacruses)

1. (prosody) An unstressed syllable at the start of a verse.
2. (music) An unstressed note or notes before the first strong beat (or downbeat) of a phrase.
   • 1989, Anthony Burgess, Any Old Iron:

     Then Etheridge poised his baton, jerked an upbeat, and made the violinists speak the low G and A of their anacrusis.

Translations

(prosody) an unstressed syllable at the start of a verse

Catalan: anacrusi (ca) f. Finnish: esitahti (fi), anakruusi (fi) German: Auftakt (de) m.

Italian: anacrusi (it) f. Russian: анакруза (ru) (anakrúza) f.

(music) an unstressed note (or notes) before the first strong beat of a phrase

Catalan: anacrusi (ca) f. Dutch: opmaat (nl) Finnish: nousutahti (fi) French: anacrouse (fr) f. German: Auftakt (de) m., Anakrusis (de) f.

Italian: anacrusi (it) f. Portuguese: anacruse (pt) Russian: затакт (ru) (zatákt) m. Spanish: anacrusa (es) f.

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Japanese: 弱起 (ja) (じゃっき, jakki) Portuguese: anacruse (pt)

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Catalan

Noun

anacrusis f.

1. Plural form of anacrusi.