encore

English

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Etymology

From French encore (“more, again”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

encore (plural encores)

1. A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.

   To play an encore.

   Can I get an encore? We want more!

Translations

brief extra performance after the main performance is complete

Albanian: bis (sq) Bulgarian: бис (bg) m. Czech: přídavek (cs) m. Dutch: toegift Finnish: encore, ylimääräinen numero French: rappel (fr) m.

German: Zugabe (de) f. Hungarian: ráadás (hu) Italian: bis (it) m. Polish: bis (pl) m. Spanish: bis (es) m. Swedish: extranummer (sv) n.

Interjection

encore!

1. (said by audience members after a performance) Please perform again!

Translations

please perform again

Albanian: bis (sq) Bulgarian: бис (bg) Esperanto: bis (eo) German: Zugabe!, Da capo (de)! Hungarian: Vissza! (hu) (lit. "[come] back!")

Ngarrindjeri: kay hey Persian: دوباره! (do-bāre) Russian: бис! (ru) (bis) Spanish: ¡Otra! (es), ¡Bis! (es) Turkish: bir daha (tr)! (lit. once again!) or colloquially bi daha!

Verb

encore (third-person singular simple present encores, present participle encoring, simple past and past participle encored)

1. To call for an extra performance or repetition.
2. To call for an encore.

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French

Etymology

Probably from Late Latin *(in) hanc hora (“until this hour”) or *hinc ad horam, but the development is disputed. Compare Occitan encara, Italian ancora.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑ̃.kɔʁ/

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Adverb

encore

1. still

   Vous êtes encore là?

   Are you still there?

2. more

   Voulez-vous encore du pain?

   Would you like more bread?

   Tu en veux encore?

   You want some more?

3. again

   Encore une fois.

   Once again.

4. yet

   Je n'ai pas encore fini.

   I haven't finished yet

Synonyms

• (still): toujours

Derived terms

• encore que

Anagrams

• coréen, Coréen
• cornée
• écorne, écorné