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coda

1

[ koh-duh ]

noun

  1. Music. a more or less independent passage, at the end of a composition, introduced to bring it to a satisfactory close.
  2. Ballet. the concluding section of a ballet, especially the final part of a pas de deux.
  3. a concluding section or part, especially one of a conventional form and serving as a summation of preceding themes, motifs, etc., as in a work of literature or drama.
  4. anything that serves as a concluding part.
  5. Phonetics. the segment of a syllable following the nucleus, as the d- sound in good. Compare core 1( def 14 ), onset ( def 3 ).


CODA

2

[ koh-duh ]

abbreviation for

  1. child of deaf adultadults: a hearing person with a deaf parent or parents.

coda

/ ˈkəʊdə /

noun

  1. music the final, sometimes inessential, part of a musical structure
  2. a concluding part of a literary work, esp a summary at the end of a novel of further developments in the lives of the characters


coda

  1. An ending to a piece of music, standing outside the formal structure of the piece. Coda is the Italian word for “tail.”


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Word History and Origins

Origin of coda1

First recorded in 1745–55; from Italian, from Latin cauda “tail”; queue

Origin of coda2

First recorded in 1990–95

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Word History and Origins

Origin of coda1

C18: from Italian: tail, from Latin cauda

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