coda

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊ.də/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈkoʊ.də/ (Australia) IPA(key): /ˈkəʉ.də/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈkɐʉ.də/ Rhymes: -əʊdə Homophone: coder (non-rhotic) === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Italian coda (literally “tail”), from Latin cauda. Doublet of queue and cola. ==== Noun ==== coda (plural codas) (music) A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation. Synonym: finale Coordinate terms: chorus, refrain (phonology) The optional final sound of a syllable or word, occurring after its nucleus and usually composed of one or more consonants. Synonym: auslaut Antonyms: anlaut, onset Holonyms: rime, syllable Coordinate term: inlaut (geology) In seismograms, the gradual return to baseline after a seismic event. The length of the coda can be used to estimate event magnitude, and the shape sometimes reveals details of subsurface structures. (figurative) A conclusion (of a statement or event, for example), final portion, tail end. 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)[2] In gray stormy light, their painted eyes stare out at the Mediterranean—at Homer’s wine-dark sea, at a corridor into modernity. But in memory my walk’s true coda in the Middle East came earlier. A series of clicks used by sperm whales for communicating with each other. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== ==== Further reading ==== Syllable coda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== coda (plural codas) Alternative spelling of CODA. === Anagrams === ACOD, Coad, DOAC, Daco- == Aragonese == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin cōda, from Latin cauda. === Noun === coda f (plural codas) tail == Catalan == === Etymology === From Italian coda, from Latin cauda. Doublet of cua. === Noun === coda f (plural codes) (music, phonology) coda ==== Hypernyms ==== (musical passage): passatge ==== Holonyms ==== (musical passage): moviment (portion of a syllable): rima === Further reading === “coda”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 == Corsican == === Noun === coda f tail === References === “coda” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian coda. Doublet of queue. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ.da/ === Noun === coda f (plural codas) (music) coda (phonology) a syllable coda Coordinate terms: attaque, noyau === Verb === coda third-person singular past historic of coder === Further reading === “coda”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkɔd̪ˠə] === Noun === coda f genitive singular of cuid === Mutation === == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin cōda, monophthongized variant of cauda. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈko.da/ Rhymes: -oda Hyphenation: có‧da === Noun === coda f (plural code) tail queue; line Synonym: fila (music) coda Synonym: (diminutive) codetta Antonyms: introduzione, (music) ouverture, (music) preludio (rail transport, only singular, uncountable) end (of a train), the last car(s) Antonym: testa La prima classe è in coda al treno ― The first class is at the end of the train ==== Derived terms ==== coda di rospo ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === cado, daco == Latin == === Etymology === Showing 'rustic' monophthongization of /au̯/ to /oː/. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkoː.da] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔː.da] === Noun === cōda f (genitive cōdae); first declension alternative form of cauda ==== Usage notes ==== Found in some Classical Latin texts alongside cauda, though uncommon. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “coda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “coda”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "coda", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “coda”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Portuguese == === Verb === coda inflection of codar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French coder. === Verb === a coda (third-person singular present codează, past participle codat) 1st conjugation to code, to encode ==== Conjugation ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkoda/ [ˈko.ð̞a] Rhymes: -oda Syllabification: co‧da === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Italian coda, from Latin cauda. ==== Noun ==== coda f (plural codas) (music) coda (phonology) coda === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== coda f feminine singular of codo === Further reading === “coda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Noun === coda c (music) coda ==== Declension ====