Anacrusis

English

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Etymology

Modern Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀνάκρουσις (anakrousis), “‘pushing back’”), from ἀνακρούω (anakrouō), “‘I push back’”), from ἀνά (ana), “‘back’”) + κρούω (krouō), “‘I strike’”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ænə'kru:sɪs/

Noun

Singular Anacrusis

Plural anacruses

Anacrusis (anacruses)

1. Template: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: Then Etheridge poised his baton, jerked an upbeat, and made the violinists speak the low G and A of their anacrusis. (Burgess, Any Old Iron)

Translations

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

Catalan: anacrusi ca(ca) f. Finnish: esitahti fi(fi), anakruusi fi(fi) German: Auftakt de(de) m.

Italian: anacrusi it(it) f. Russian: анакруза ru(ru) (anakrúza) f.

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

Catalan: anacrusi ca(ca) f. Dutch: opmaat nl(nl) German: Auftakt de(de) m., Anakrusis de(de) f. Italian: anacrusi it(it) f.

Portuguese: anacruse pt(pt) Russian: затакт ru(ru) (zatákt) m. Spanish: anacrusa es(es) f.

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Japanese: 弱起 ja(ja) (じゃっき, jakki) Portuguese: anacruse pt(pt)

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Catalan

Noun

anacrusis f. pl.

1. Plural form of anacrusi.

vi:anacrusis