plagal
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin plagalis, from plaga, from plagius, from Byzantine Ancient Greek πλάγιος (plágios, “plagal”), πλάγιος (plágios, “oblique”).
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Adjective[edit]
plagal (comparative more plagal, superlative most plagal)
- (music) Designating a mode lying a perfect fourth below the authentic form.
- (music) Designating a cadence in which the subdominant chord precedes the tonic.
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French[edit]
Adjective[edit]
plagal (feminine plagale, masculine plural plagaux, feminine plural plagales)
Further reading[edit]
- “plagal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.