fugue
To improvise, in singing, by introducing vocal ornamentation to fill gaps etcTo improvise, in singing, by introducing vocal ornamentation to fill gaps etc.
» During my sabbatical, I composed a fugue and domesticated a robin.
Während meines Sabbatjahrs habe ich eine Fuge komponiert und ein Rotkehlchen gezähmt. — MUIRIEL
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2 sensesTo improvise, in singing, by introducing vocal ornamentation to fill gaps etc.
(intransitive)To spend time in a dissociative fugue state.
Examples
1 sentencesDuring my sabbatical, I composed a fugue and domesticated a robin.
deWährend meines Sabbatjahrs habe ich eine Fuge komponiert und ein Rotkehlchen gezähmt. — MUIRIEL
Origin
Borrowed from French fugue, from Italian fuga (“flight, ardor”), from Latin fuga (“act ofBorrowed from French fugue, from Italian fuga (“flight, ardor”), from Latin fuga (“act of fleeing”), from fugiō (“to flee”); compare Ancient Greek φυγή (phugḗ). Apparently from the metaphor that the first part starts alone on its course, and is pursued by later parts. Doublet of fuga.
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Forms
fugues, fuguing, fugued, fuguedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle