different between cadenza vs cadence

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cadenza, from Latin cadentia. Doublet of cadence and chance.

Noun

cadenza (plural cadenzas or cadenze)

1. (music) A part of a piece of music, such as a concerto, that is very decorative and is played by a single musician.

Translations

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cadentia, from Latin cad?ns, present participle of cad? (“to fall”). Doublet of chance.

Noun

cadenza f (plural cadenze)

1. cadence
2. rhythm

Verb

cadenza

1. third-person singular present indicative of cadenzare
2. second-person singular imperative of cadenzare

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French cadence, from Italian cadenza, from Latin *cadentia, form of cad?ns, form of cad? (“I fall, I cease”), from Proto-Italic *kad?, from Proto-Indo-European *?ad- (“to fall”). Doublet of cadenza and chance.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ke?.dn?s/

Noun

cadence (countable and uncountable, plural cadences)

1. The act or state of declining or sinking.
2. Balanced, rhythmic flow.
3. The measure or beat of movement.
4. The general inflection or modulation of the voice, or of any sound.
5. (music) A progression of at least two chords which conclude a piece of music, section or musical phrases within it. Sometimes referred to analogously as musical punctuation.
6. (music) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.
7. (speech) A fall in inflection of a speaker’s voice, such as at the end of a sentence.
8. (dance) A dance move which ends a phrase.

   The cadence in a galliard step refers to the final leap in a cinquepace sequence.

9. (fencing) The rhythm and sequence of a series of actions.
10. (running) The number of steps per minute.
11. (cycling) The number of revolutions per minute of the cranks or pedals of a bicycle.
12. (military) A chant that is sung by military personnel while running or marching; a jody call.
13. (heraldry) cadency
14. (horse-riding) Harmony and proportion of movement, as in a well-managed horse.
15. (software engineering) The frequency of regular product releases.

Synonyms

• (musical conclusion): clausula

Derived terms

Related terms

• cadaver

Translations

See also

• Tierce de Picardie

Verb

cadence (third-person singular simple present cadences, present participle cadencing, simple past and past participle cadenced)

1. To give a cadence to.
2. To give structure to.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.d??s/

Etymology 1

From Middle French cadence, borrowed from Italian cadenza. Doublet of chance.

Noun

cadence f (plural cadences)

1. cadence

Derived terms

• cadencer

Etymology 2

Verb

cadence

1. first-person singular present indicative of cadencer
2. third-person singular present indicative of cadencer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of cadencer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of cadencer
5. second-person singular imperative of cadencer

Further reading

• “cadence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).