Meaning

2 senses
  1. A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.

    To play an encore.

    Can I get an encore? We want more!

    Zugabe

    биси́рованиеbisírovanije, исполне́ние на бисispolnénije na bis

    an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand

  2. A call or demand (as by continued applause) for a repeat performance.

    The encores were numerous.

    Zugabe

    вы́зов на бисvýzov na bis

Examples

7 sentences
  1. The pianist played two encores.

    Піаніст зіграв двічі на біс. — ChickenKiev

    deDer Pianist spielte zwei Zugaben. — Sudajaengi

  2. The crowd cried out for an encore.

    deDie Menge verlangte eine Zugabe. — Haehnchenpaella

  3. Whether or not we play an encore depends on the audience.

    deOb wir eine Zugabe spielen oder nicht, hängt vom Publikum ab. — raggione

  4. Everyone called out to the singer for an encore.

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  5. They clapped until the pianist played an encore.

    ruОни аплодировали, пока пианист не сыграл на бис. — sharptoothed

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
brief extra performance after the main performance is complete:
a call for a repeat performance:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
brief extra performance after the main performance is complete:

Origin

Borrowed from French encore (“more, again”), and once used in this sense.

Borrowed from French encore (“more, again”), and once used in this sense.

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Forms

plural: encores
Singularencore
Pluralencores

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
encore — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto