roulade
See also: Roulade
English
Etymology
From French roulade, from rouler (“to roll”), from Old French roler.
Pronunciation
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Noun
roulade (plural roulades)
- (music) An elaborate embellishment of several notes sung to one syllable.
- 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
- He leaned back in his chair, and little more than the whites of his upturned eyes were visible; and beating time upon the table with one hand, claw-wise, and with two or three queer, little thrills and roulades, which re-appeared with great precision in each verse, he delivered himself thus, in what I suspect was an old psalm tune: […]
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 71:
- He heard only here and there the ecstatic burst of a mocking-bird's wonderful roulades.
- A slice of meat that is rolled up, stuffed, and cooked.
Translations
An elaborate embellishment of several notes sung to one syllable
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A slice of meat that is rolled up, stuffed, and cooked
Verb
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- To sing an elaborate embellishment of several notes to one syllable.
Danish
Etymology
Noun
roulade c (definite singular rouladen, indefinite plural roulader, definite plural rouladerne)
- Swiss roll (UK), jelly roll, jellyroll (US) (a cylindrical, rolled-up cake with a sweet filling)
Further reading
- “roulade” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
Noun
roulade f (plural roulades)
Descendants
Further reading
- “roulade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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