coda

See also CODA

English

WOTD - 14 December 2008    

Wikipedia Wikipedia

The symbol for a musical coda.

Etymology

From Italian coda

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈkəʊ.də/
• (US) IPA: /ˈkoʊ.də/

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• Rhymes: -əʊdə
• Homophone: coder (in non-rhotic dialects)

Noun

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

• (end of a music piece): finale

See also

chorus onset refrain

rime vowel

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Aragonese

Noun

coda f. (plural codi)

1. tail

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French

Etymology

From Italian coda

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔ.da/

Noun

coda f. (plural codas)

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

Verb

coda

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

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈkɔd̪ˠə]

Noun

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.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈkoda]

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda.

Noun

coda f. (plural code)

1. tail
2. queue, line

Derived terms

• coda di rospo

Related terms

• accodare / accodarsi
• codazzo
• codetta
• codina, codino
• codona, codone
• scodare

Anagrams

• cado

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Latin

Etymology

Alternative form of cauda.

Noun

cōda (genitive cōdae); f, first declension

1. tail

Inflection

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

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Swedish

Noun

coda c.

1. (music) coda

Declension

Declension of coda

	singular		plural
c	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	coda	codan	codor	codorna
genitive	codas	codans	codors	codornas