fugue

See also: fugué

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfjuːɡ/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːɡ

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

Translations

See also

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Non-lemma forms.

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. first-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

Further reading

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.
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