different between agoge vs agogo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (ag?g?).

Noun

agoge (countable and uncountable, plural agoges)

1. In ancient Greek music, tempo or pace; rhythmical movement.
2. Melodic motion upward or downward by successive scale-steps: same as ductus in medieval music.
3. (historical) A rigorous training regimen for Spartan men in preparation for army service.

See also

• agogic
• anagoge

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

agòge f (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. agogics

   Synonym: agògika

English

Etymology 1

From Portuguese agogô, from Yoruba agogo (“bell”).

Noun

agogo (plural agogos)

1. An agogo bell, a bell used in Yoruba and Brazilian music and typically played in pairs

Etymology 2

Adverb

agogo (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of à gogo

Chichewa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??ó.?o/, /a??o.?o/

Noun

agógo 2 or agogo 2

1. plural of gogo

Finnish

Etymology

Ultimately from Yoruba agogo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???o?o/, [???o??o?]
• Rhymes: -??o?o
• Syllabification: a?go?go

Noun

agogo

1. (music) agogo (instrument)

Declension

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba agogo.

Noun

àg?go m (plural àg?gai or ag?gun??, possessed form àg?gon)

1. clock, watch

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• aago

Noun

agogo

1. bell
2. clock, timepiece

Descendants

• ? Hausa: àg?go
• ? Portuguese: agogô
  • ? English: agogo
• ? Spanish: agogó