encore

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French encore (“more, again”), and once used in this sense. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒŋkɔː/, /ˈɒ̃kɔː/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑnkoɹ/, /ˈɑŋkoɹ/ Hyphenation: en‧core === Noun === encore (plural encores) A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete. A call or demand (as by continued applause) for a repeat performance. ==== Translations ==== === Interjection === encore! (said by audience members after a performance) Please perform again! ==== Translations ==== === Verb === encore (third-person singular simple present encores, present participle encoring, simple past and past participle encored) (transitive) To call for an extra performance or repetition of, or by. (intransitive) To call for an encore. (intransitive) To perform an encore. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === encore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Cerone, Creone == French == === Etymology === Probably from Old French ancor, from Late Latin in hanc hōram (“until this hour”). Compare Catalan and Occitan encara, Italian ancora. Sense 5 is a semantic loan from German noch (adverb). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.kɔʁ/ Rhymes: -ɔʁ === Adverb === encore still Synonym: toujours Êtes-vous encore là? ― Are you still there? more Synonym: davantage Voulez-vous encore du pain ? ― Would you like more bread? Tu en veux encore? ― Do you want some more? again Synonym: à nouveau Écris-le encore une fois! ― Write it once again! (with a negative) (not) yet; (never) before Je n'ai pas encore fini. ― I haven't finished yet. (Alsace) again (following a question) Synonym: déjà ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: encore → Esperanto: ankoraŭ (partly) Haitian Creole: ankò === Further reading === “encore”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === coréen, Coréen cornée écorne, écorné == Galician == === Verb === encore inflection of encorar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative