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cadenza

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kəˈdɛnzə/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/kəˈdɛnzə/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kə den′zə)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ca•den•za /kəˈdɛnzə/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -zas. 
  1. Music and Dancea musical passage, introduced near the end of a concerto, and played by one musician:a complex cadenza.
See -cad-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ca•den•za  (kə den′zə),USA pronunciation n. [Music.]
  1. Music and Dancean elaborate flourish or showy solo passage, sometimes improvised, introduced near the end of an aria or a movement of a concerto.
  • Vulgar Latin *cadentia a falling, equivalent. to Latin cad(ere) to fall + -entia -ency; compare chance
  • Italian
  • 1745–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cadenza /kəˈdɛnzə/ n
  1. a virtuoso solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music, formerly improvised by the soloist but now usually specially composed
  2. South African informal a fit or convulsion
Etymology: 19th Century: from Italian; see cadence
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