anacrusis

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anacrusis

Wikipedia

Etymology

Via New Latin from Ancient Greek ἀνάκρουσις (anákrousis, “pushing up”), from ἀνακρούω (anakroúō, “I push up”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + κρούω (kroúō, “I strike”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /anəˈkɹuːsɪs/

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Noun

anacrusis (plural anacruses)

1. (prosody) An unstressed syllable at the start of a verse.
2. (music) An unstressed note or notes before the first strong beat (or downbeat) of a phrase.
   • 1989, Anthony Burgess, Any Old Iron:

     Then Etheridge poised his baton, jerked an upbeat, and made the violinists speak the low G and A of their anacrusis.

Related terms

• crusis

Translations

(prosody) an unstressed syllable at the start of a verse

Catalan: anacrusi f Finnish: esitahti, anakruusi (fi) French: anacrouse (fr) f German: Auftakt (de) m Italian: anacrusi (it) f Polish: anakruza f, przedtakt (pl) m Portuguese: anacruse (pt) f Russian: анакру́за (ru) f (anakrúza)

(music) an unstressed note (or notes) before the first strong beat of a phrase

Catalan: anacrusi f Chinese: Mandarin: 弱起 (ruòqǐ) Dutch: opmaat (nl) Finnish: kohotahti, nousutahti (fi) French: anacrouse (fr) f German: Auftakt (de) m, Anakrusis (de) f Italian: anacrusi (it) f Polish: anakruza f, przedtakt (pl) m Portuguese: anacruse (pt) f Russian: зата́кт (ru) m (zatákt) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: у̏зма̄х m Roman: ȕzmāh (sh) m Spanish: anacrusa f Swedish: upptakt (sv) c

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Japanese: (please verify) 弱起 (ja) (じゃっき, jakki)

Catalan

Noun

anacrusis

1. plural of anacrusi