anacrusis
anacrusis · anacruses
анакруза, затакт
Auftakt, Anakrusis
An unstressed syllable at the start of a verseAn unstressed syllable at the start of a verse.
/anəˈkɹuːsɪs/
Meaning
2 sensesAn unstressed syllable at the start of a verse.
Auftakt
анакру́заanakrúza
An unstressed note or notes before the first strong beat (or downbeat) of a phrase.
Auftakt, Anakrusis
зата́ктzatákt
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 2
(prosody) an unstressed syllable at the start of a verse:
(music) an unstressed note (or notes) before the first strong beat of a phrase:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
(prosody) an unstressed syllable at the start of a verse:
(music) an unstressed note (or notes) before the first strong beat of a phrase:
Origin
Via New Latin from Ancient Greek ἀνάκρουσις (anákrousis, “pushing up”), from ἀνακρούω (anaVia New Latin from Ancient Greek ἀνάκρουσις (anákrousis, “pushing up”), from ἀνακρούω (anakroúō, “I push up”), from ἀνά (aná, “up”) + κρούω (kroúō, “I strike”).
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