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cadenza

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian cadenza, from Latin cadentia. Doublet of cadence and chance.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kəˈdɛnzə/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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cadenza (plural cadenzas or cadenze)

  1. (music) A part of a piece of music, such as a concerto, that is very decorative and is played by a single musician.
    • 1993, John Banville, Ghosts:
      Yes, laugh, as I want to laugh for instance in the concert hall when the orchestra trundles to a stop and the virtuoso at his piano, hunched like a demented vet before the bared teeth of this enormous black beast of sound, lifts up deliquescent hands and prepares to plunge into the cadenza.
  2. (South African slang) to become agitated or excited.[1]

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaˈdɛn.t͡sa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛntsa
  • Hyphenation: ca‧dèn‧za

Etymology 1

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From Vulgar Latin *cadentia, from Latin cadēns, present participle of cadō (to fall). Doublet of chance.

Noun

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cadenza f (plural cadenze)

  1. cadence
  2. rhythm
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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cadenza

  1. inflection of cadenzare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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  • cadenza in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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