improvisation

See also: Improvisation

English

Etymology

From French improvisation. Morphologically improvise +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪmpɹəvaɪˈzeɪʃən/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪmˌpɹɑvəˈzeɪʃən/, /ˌɪm-/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

improvisation (countable and uncountable, plural improvisations)

1. The act or art of composing and making music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously

   He played a quick improvisation on the keyboard.

2. That which is improvised; an impromptu.
3. Musical technique, characteristic of blues music.
4. The act of improvising, acting or going about something without planning ahead
   • 2012 September 15, Amy Lawrence, “Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:

     The Ivorian is a player with such a liking for improvisation it does not usually look like he has any more idea than anyone else what he is going to do next, so it was an interesting choice.

Derived terms

• improvisational

Translations

act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously

• Bulgarian: импровизация f (improvizacija)
• Dutch: improvisatie (nl) f
• Esperanto: improvizado
• Finnish: improvisointi (fi), improvisaatio (fi)
• French: improvisation (fr) f
• German: Improvisation (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: σχεδιασμός m (skhediasmós)

• Irish: seiftiú m
• Italian: improvvisazione (it)
• Maori: titonga ohiatanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: improvisasjon m

  Nynorsk: improvisasjon m

• Portuguese: improvisação (pt) f
• Romanian: improvizare (ro) f
• Russian: импровиза́ция (ru) f (improvizácija)
• Spanish: improvisación (es) f
• Swedish: improvisation (sv) c
• Ukrainian: імпровіза́ція f (improvizácija)

that which is improvised; an impromptu

• Bulgarian: импровизация f (improvizacija)
• Catalan: improvisació
• Czech: improvizace f
• Dutch: improvisatie (nl) f
• Finnish: improvisoitu (fi)
• French: improvisation (fr)
• German: Improvisation (de) f
• Hungarian: improvizáció (hu)
• Italian: improvvisazione (it)
• Maori: titonga ohiatanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: improvisasjon m

  Nynorsk: improvisasjon m

• Portuguese: improviso (pt)
• Russian: импровиза́ция (ru) f (improvizácija)
• Spanish: improvisación (es)
• Swedish: improvisation (sv) c

musical technique, characteristic of blues music

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 即興／即兴 (zh) (jíxìng)

• Czech: improvizace f
• Dutch: improvisatie (nl) f
• Finnish: improvisointi (fi)
• German: Improvisation (de) f
• Italian: improvvisazione (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: improvisasjon m

  Nynorsk: improvisasjon m

• Russian: импровиза́ция (ru) f (improvizácija)
• Swedish: improvisation (sv) c

French

Etymology

From improviser +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.za.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

improvisation f (plural improvisations)

1. improvisation (all meanings)

Further reading

• “improvisation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Swedish

Noun

improvisation c

1. improvisation (all meanings)

Declension

Declension of improvisation

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	improvisation	improvisations
	definite	improvisationen	improvisationens
plural	indefinite	improvisationer	improvisationers
	definite	improvisationerna	improvisationernas

Related terms

• improvisera (“improvise”)

References

• improvisation in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• improvisation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)