coda

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English [edit]

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The symbol for a musical coda.

Etymology [edit]

From Italian coda

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

coda (plural codas)

  1. (music) A passage which brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.
  2. (linguistics) The optional final part of a syllable, placed after its nucleus, and usually composed of one or more consonants.
    The word salts has three consonants — /l/, /t/, and /s/ — in its coda, whereas the word glee has no coda at all.
  3. (geology) In seismograms, the gradual return to baseline after a seismic event. The length of the coda can be used to estimate event magnitude, and the shape sometimes reveals details of subsurface structures.
  4. The conclusion of a statement.
  5. Alternative spelling of CODA.

Synonyms [edit]

  • (end of a music piece): finale

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Aragonese [edit]

Noun [edit]

coda f (plural codi)

  1. tail

French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Italian coda

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /kɔ.da/

Noun [edit]

coda f (plural codas)

  1. (music) A musical coda.
  2. (linguistics) A syllable coda.

Verb [edit]

coda

  1. Third-person singular indicative past historic form of coder

Irish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [ˈkɔd̪ˠə]

Noun [edit]

coda

  1. genitive singular form of cuid
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
coda choda gcoda
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [ˈkoda]

Etymology [edit]

From Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda.

Noun [edit]

coda f (plural code)

  1. tail
  2. queue, line

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Anagrams [edit]


Latin [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Alternative form of cauda.

Noun [edit]

cōda (genitive cōdae); f, first declension

  1. tail

Inflection [edit]

Number Singular Plural
nominative cōda cōdae
genitive cōdae cōdārum
dative cōdae cōdīs
accusative cōdam cōdās
ablative cōdā cōdīs
vocative cōda cōdae

Swedish [edit]

Noun [edit]

coda c

  1. (music) coda

Declension [edit]