encore

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From French encore (more, again).

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[edit] 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!

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[edit] Interjection

encore!

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

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[edit] 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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[edit] 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.

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  • IPA: /ɑ̃.kɔʁ/
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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

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