different between clausula vs cadence

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clausula.

Noun

clausula (plural clausulae)

1. (music) The conclusion of a passage; cadence.
2. The close or end of a historical period; clause.

Synonyms

• (music): cadence

Latin

Etymology

From clausus +? -ula, perfect passive participle of claud? (“shut, close”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?klau?.su.la/, [?k??äu?s????ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?klau?.su.la/, [?kl??u?sul?]

Noun

clausula f (genitive clausulae); first declension

1. conclusion, close, end
2. (rhetoric) the close of a period
3. (law) the conclusion of a legal formula

Declension

First-declension noun.

Related terms

• claud?
• claus?ra
• clausus

Descendants

• English: clausula
• German: Klausel
• Irish: clásal
• Portuguese: cláusula
• Spanish: cláusula

References

• clausula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• clausula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• clausula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• clausula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• clausula in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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).