coda

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[edit] English

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The symbol for a musical coda.

[edit] Etymology

From Italian coda

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[edit] Noun

Singular
coda

Plural
codas

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.

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  • (end of a music piece): finale

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[edit] Aragonese

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coda f (plural codi)

  1. tail

[edit] French

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From Italian coda

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  • IPA: /kɔ.da/

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coda f. (plural codas)

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

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coda

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

[edit] Irish

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  • IPA: [ˈkɔd̪ˠə]

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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.

[edit] Italian

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  • IPA: [ˈkoda]

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Latin cauda

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coda f. (plural code)

  1. tail
  2. queue, line

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Inflection for coda Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative coda codan codor codorna
Genitive codas codans codors codornas

coda c.

  1. (music) coda
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