different between fugue vs fugle

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French fugue, from Italian fuga (“flight, ardor”), from Latin fuga (“act of fleeing”), from fugi? (“to flee”); compare Ancient Greek ???? (phug?). Apparently from the metaphor that the first part starts alone on its course, and is pursued by later parts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fju??/
• Rhymes: -u??

Noun

fugue (plural fugues)

1. (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.
2. Anything in literature, poetry, film, painting, etc., that resembles a fugue in structure or in its elaborate complexity and formality.
3. A fugue state.

Derived terms

• fuguist

Related terms

• fugue state

Translations

Verb

fugue (third-person singular simple present fugues, present participle fuguing, simple past and past participle fugued)

1. To improvise, in singing, by introducing vocal ornamentation to fill gaps etc.

See also

• Wikipedia article on fugues

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy?/
• Homophones: fuguent, fugues

Etymology 1

Inflected forms of fuguer.

Verb

fugue

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin fuga. Doublet of fougue.

Noun

fugue f (plural fugues)

1. (informal) running away (from a place where one was staying)
2. (music) fugue

Synonyms

• (running away): fuite : flight, fleeing

Derived terms

• fuguer

Related terms

• fuir

Further reading

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

Spanish

Verb

fugue

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of fugar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of fugar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of fugar.

English

Etymology

Back-formation from fugleman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fju???l/
• Homophone: fugal

Verb

fugle (third-person singular simple present fugles, present participle fugling, simple past and past participle fugled)

1. (colloquial) To manoeuvre; to move around.

   • Wooden arms with elbow joints jerking and fugling in the air.

Anagrams

• Guelf

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu?l?/, [?fu?l?]

Noun

fugle c

1. indefinite plural of fugl