passacaglia

pas·sa·ca·glia

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [pah-suh-kahl-yuh, pas-uh-kal-]
- /ˌpɑ səˈkɑl yə, ˌpæs əˈkæl-/
- /pˌasəkˈaɡliə/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pah-suh-kahl-yuh, pas-uh-kal-]
- /ˌpɑ səˈkɑl yə, ˌpæs əˈkæl-/

Definitions of passacaglia word

noun passacaglia a slow, dignified dance of Spanish origin. 1
noun passacaglia the music for this dance, based on an ostinato figure. 1
noun passacaglia a musical form based on continuous variations over a ground bass. 1
noun passacaglia an old Spanish dance in slow triple time 0
noun passacaglia a slow instrumental piece characterized by a series of variations on a particular theme played over a repeated bass part 0
noun passacaglia a slow, stately Italian, Spanish, or French dance of the 17th c., similar to the chaconne 0

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Origin of passacaglia

First appearance:

before 1650

One of the 45% oldest English words

1650-60; pseudo-Italian spelling of earlier passacalle < Spanish pasacalle literally, step (i.e., dance) in the street (pasa 3rd singular present of pasar to step, pace1 + calle street < Latin callem, accusative of callis path)

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Parts of speech for Passacaglia

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passacaglia popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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