fugue

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed 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. === Pronunciation === (MLE) IPA(key): /ˈfyɡ/ IPA(key): /ˈfjuːɡ/ Rhymes: -uːɡ === Noun === fugue (plural fugues) (music) A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody. Synonym: fuga (dated) Anything in literature, poetry, film, painting, etc., that resembles a fugue in structure or in its elaborate complexity and formality. (psychiatry) A fugue state. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== fugacious fugue state ==== Translations ==== === Verb === fugue (third-person singular simple present fugues, present participle fuguing, simple past and past participle fugued) To improvise, in singing, by introducing vocal ornamentation to fill gaps etc. (intransitive) To spend time in a dissociative fugue state. === See also === fugue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fyk/ === Noun === fugue f (plural fugues, diminutive fugueje n) (medicine) a fugue state ==== See also ==== dissociatieve fugue === References === == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fyɡ/ Homophones: fuguent, fugues === Etymology 1 === Ca. 1600, borrowed in the musical sense from Italian fuga, itself a borrowing from Latin fuga. Doublet of fougue (from the inherited Italian cognate). The sense “flight” (18th c.) may be a new borrowing from the Italian. ==== Noun ==== fugue f (plural fugues) (music) fugue (informal) flight, act of running away, especially from home, elopement Synonym: fuite ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== fuir ===== Descendants ===== → English: fugue → Persian: فوگ (fug) → Turkish: füg === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== fugue inflection of fuguer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “fugue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Spanish == === Verb === fugue inflection of fugar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative