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berceuse (French bɛrsøz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a cradlesong or lullaby |
| 2. | an instrumental piece suggestive of this, in six-eight time |
| [C19: from French: lullaby, from bercer to rock] | |
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Berceuse
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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berceuse
"cradle song," 1876, from Fr. berceuse "cradle-song, woman who rocks an infant," from bercer "to rock" (O.Fr. bercier "to rock" a child in a cradle, 12c.) + fem. agent suffix -euse.
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berceuse
musical composition, typically of the 19th century, having the character of a soothing refrain. While the word appears to imply no particular formal pattern, rocking rhythms in 68 time are common not only in the vocal prototype but also in its stylized instrumental counterparts, usually written for piano. A well-known example of the latter is Frederic Chopin's Berceuse in D-flat Major (1843-44), with its elaborate figurations above a static, repetitive pattern in the left hand
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