| a.k.a. | abbreviation of 'also known as' | ||
| Akad. | abbreviation of Akademie (German: academy) | ||
| Akademie (s.), Akademien (pl.) | (German f.) academy, academe, college | ||
| in the early nineteenth century, the term was applied to concerts and recitals | |||
| Akademie der bildenden Künste | (German f.) Academy of Fine Arts | ||
| Akademie der Künste | (German f.) Academy of Arts | ||
| Akademie der schönen Künste | (German f.) College of Fine Arts | ||
| Akademie der Wissenschaften | (German f.) Academy of Sciences | ||
| Akademie für Schauspielkunst | (German f.) Academy of Drama | ||
| Akademieschrift | (German f.) academic publication | ||
| Akademiker (m.s. & pl.), Akademikerin (f.) | (German) university graduate, academic, academician, graduate, professional classes (pl. form) | ||
| Akademikerarbeitslosigkeit | (German f.) graduate unemployment | ||
| akademisch | (German) academic, academically, scholarly, scholastically, collegiate | ||
| akademisch geführte Diskussion | (German f.) formal discussion | ||
| akademische Ausbildung | (German f.) academical training | ||
| akademische Auszeichnungen | (German pl.) academic distinctions | ||
| akademische Berufe | (German pl.) learned professions | ||
| akademische Berufsstände | (German pl.) professional classes | ||
| akademische Bildung | (German f.) college education, university education | ||
| akademische Diskussion | (German f.) academic discussion | ||
| akademische Ehren | (German (pl.) academic honours | ||
| akademische Einrichtung | (German f.) academic institution | ||
| Akademische Festouvertüre | see 'Academic Festival Overture' | ||
| akademische Freiheit | (German f.) academic freedom | ||
| akademische Kleidung | (German f.) academic robe (part of academic dress) | ||
| akademische Kopfbedeckung | (German f.) academic hood (part of academic dress) | ||
| akademische Kreise | (German pl.) academic circles | ||
| akademische Laufbahn | (German f.) academic career | ||
| akademische Qualifikationen | (German pl.) professional qualifications | ||
| akademische Vorbildung | (German f.) professional qualification | ||
| akademische Welt | (German f.) academe | ||
| akademische Würde erreichen | (German) to take one's degree | ||
| akademischer Abschluss | (German m.) academic degree | ||
| akademischer Austausch | (German m.) scholarly exchange | ||
| akademischer Beruf | (German m.) profession, professional job, graduate occupation, graduate profession | ||
| akademischer Geist | (German m.) collegiate spirit | ||
| akademischer Grad | (German m.) (academic) degree | ||
| Akademischer Klassizismus | (German m.) Academic Classicism | ||
| akademischer Stil | (German m.) academic style | ||
| akademischer Talar | (German m.) academic gown | ||
| akademisches Ballett | (German n.) the classical style of ballet, danse d'ecole (French f.) | ||
| Akademisches Jahr | (German n.) academic year, (academic) session | ||
| akademisches Lehrfach | (German n.) academic discipline | ||
| akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus | (German n.) (academic) teaching hospital | ||
| Akademismus | (German m.) academicism | ||
| Akadien | (German n.) Acadia | ||
| Akadier (m.), Akadierin (f.) | (German) Acadian | ||
| Akadinda | a very large Ugandan xylophone with twenty-two keys, played by up to four people with the following titles: omunazi, the first player who plays the main tune, abaawuzi, the two players who join the first player with the second development to create an intermixture, and omukoonezi, the one who using motifs from the other three parts produces a syncopated accompaniment | ||
| Akamba music | the Akimba people are known for their complex percussion music. Their music is divided into several groups based on age. Kilumi is a dance mainly for elderly women and men, mbeni is for young, acrobatic girls and boys while kyaa is for old men and women | ||
| Akathist | (from the Greek, akathistos, 'not sitting') a hymn dedicated to a saint, holy event, or one of the persons of the Holy Trinity. When the word akathist is used alone, it most commonly refers to the original hymn by this name, the sixth century Akathist to the Theotokos, attributed to St. Roman the Melodist (though this attribution is hotly debated) | ||
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| Akathistos | (German m.) acathistus, Marian office in the Orthodox Church | ||
| Akathistos Hymn | in the Orthodox rite, a hymn of twenty-four strophes (oikoi) sung, all standing, on the Saturday of the fifth week in Lent, in honour of the Virgin Mary | ||
| akausal | (German) noncausal | ||
| AKC | abbreviation of 'Associate of King's College, London' | ||
| akeramisch | (German) (of a culture, period or site) having no pottery (or no ceramic remains) | ||
| Aketon | a padded and quilted garment, usually of linen, worn under or instead of plate or mail | ||
| Akinesia | impaired body movement, without movement (or without much movement). Akinesia is a term used in neurology to denote the absence (or poverty) of movement | ||
| Akinesie | (German f.) akinesia | ||
| akinetisch | (German) akinetic | ||
| Akk | abbreviation of Akkordeon (German: accordion - accordéon (French)) | ||
| Akklamation | (German f.) acclamation | ||
| Akklimatisation | (German f.) acclimatization | ||
| akklimatisieren | (German) to acclimatise | ||
| akklimatisierend | (German) acclimatising | ||
| akklimatisiert | (German) acclimatised | ||
| Akklimatisierung | (German f.) acclimatisation | ||
| Akkolade | (German f.) system, great staff, grand staff, curly bracket, brace | ||
| Akkompagnement | (German n.) accompaniment | ||
| Akkommodation | (German f.) accommodation | ||
| Akkommodationsverlust | (German m.) loss of accommodation (vision) | ||
| akkommodieren | (German) to adapt, to accommodate (vision) | ||
| Akkoord | (Dutch) chord | ||
| Akkoord-aanduiding | (Dutch) chord symbol | ||
| Akkoord-afloop | (Dutch) chord passage | ||
| Akkoord-begeleiding | (Dutch) chordal accompaniment | ||
| akkoordenschema | (Dutch) chord change | ||
| Akkoord met toegevoegde septim | (Dutch) chord with added seventh | ||
| Akkoord met verlaagde kwint | (Dutch) chord with flattened fifth | ||
| Akkoord-tonen | (Dutch) chord notes | ||
| Akkoord-voortgang | (Dutch) chord progression | ||
| Akkord- | (German) chordal (prefix) | ||
| Akkordzither | (German f.) autoharp [entry provided by Michael Zapf] | ||
| Akkord | (German m., Danish) chord | ||
| (German m.) piecework | |||
| Akkordarbeit | (German f.) piecework, contract work | ||
| Akkordarbeiter | (German m.) pieceworker, contract worker, jobber | ||
| Akkordbrechungen | (German) arpeggio | ||
| akkordbrydning | (Danish) arpeggio | ||
| Akkorddeklamation | (German f.) chordal declamation | ||
| Akkorde | (German m. pl.) chords | ||
| Akkordeon | (German n.) accordion | ||
| akkordeonähnliche Falzung | (German f.) accordion-folded design - also concertina-fold, Konzertinafalte (German f.) | ||
| Akkordeonspieler (m.), Akkordeonspielerin (m.) | (German) accordionist | ||
| Akkordfortschreitung | (German f.) chord progression [entry by Michael Zapf] | ||
| Akkordfortschreibung | (German f.) chord progression [entry by Michael Zapf] | ||
| akkordfremd | (German) nonharmonic | ||
| akkordfremde Note | (German f.) non-harmonic note | ||
| akkordieren | (German) to tune, to consent | ||
| Akkord in Grundstellung | (German m.) common chord (in root position) | ||
| Akkord-Inversion | (German f.) chord inversion | ||
| akkordisch | (German) chordal | ||
| Akkordkette | (German f.) parallel chord | ||
| Akkordklang | (German m.) chord | ||
| Akkordlohn | (German m.) piece(work) rate | ||
| Akkordlohnsatz | (German m.) piece-rate | ||
| Akkordnotation | (German f.) chord notation | ||
| Akkordparallele | (German f.) parallel chord | ||
| Akkordsatz | (German m.) rate for the job | ||
| Akkordsymbol | (German n.) chord symbol | ||
| Akkord-Symbolschrift | (German f.) chord symbol notation | ||
| Akkordtabelle | (German f.) chord chart [entry by Michael Zapf] | ||
| Akkordtypen | (German pl.) chord types | ||
| Akkordzeit | (German f.) allowed time, standard time | ||
| Akkordzettel | (German m.) job sheet | ||
| Akkordzither | (German f.) autoarpa (Italian), autoharp, autoharpe (French) | ||
| Akkordzusatz | (German m.) chord token [entry by Michael Zapf] | ||
| akkreditieren | (German) to accredit | ||
| akkreditierend | (German) accrediting | ||
| akkreditiert | (German) accredited | ||
| Akkreditierung | (German f.) accrediting, accreditation | ||
| Akkreditiv | (German n.) letter of credit (L/C) | ||
| Akkreditiv-Bedingungen | (German pl.) credit terms | ||
| Akkreditiveröffnung/td> | (German f.) opening of a letter of credit | ||
| Akku | (German m.) abbreviation for Akkumulator (German m.), accumulator, rechargeable battery, storage battery | ||
| Akkulturation | (German f.) acculturation | ||
| Akkumulation | (German f.) accumulation | ||
| Akkumulator | (German m.) battery, accumulator, rechargeable battery pack, storage battery | ||
| Akkumulatorsäure/td> | (German f.) battery acid | ||
| akkumulieren | (German) to accumulate | ||
| akkumulierte Abschreibung | (German f.) accumulated depreciation | ||
| akkumuliertes Kapital | (German n.) accumulated capital | ||
| Akkumulierung | (German f.) accumulation | ||
| Akkurasierer | (German m.) rechargeable shaver | ||
| akkurat | (German) precise, accurate, meticulous, neat (handwriting) | ||
| akkurater | (German) more accurate | ||
| akkurateste | (German) most accurate | ||
| Akkus | (German pl.) abbreviation for Akkumulatoren (German pl.: accumulators) | ||
| akkusativ | (German) accusative | ||
| Akkusativ | (German m.) accusative case | ||
| Akkusativ | (German m.) accusative | ||
| akkusativisch | (German) accusatival | ||
| Akkusativobjekt | (German n.) direct object | ||
| Akkusativpräposition | (German f.) accusative preposition | ||
| Akkusäure | (German f.) battery acid | ||
| Akkuschrauber | (German m.) cordless screwdriver | ||
| Akku schwach. | (German) Low battery | ||
| Akne | (German f.) acne | ||
| Aknemittel | (German pl.) anti-acne preparations | ||
| Akoasma | (German n.) acoasma or acousma, the illusory auditory perception of strange nonverbal sounds (a form of hallucination) | ||
| Akoestiek | (Dutch) acoustics | ||
| akoestisch | (Dutch) acoustic | ||
| Akogo | Ugandan thumb piano | ||
| Akoko | rattle made out of nutshells | ||
| Akolouthia | (Greek) or Akoluthia, the order of the office of the Byzantine Church, but not including the Mass which was called leiturgeia (liturgy) | ||
| Akolyth | (German m.) acolyte | ||
| Akonting | African long lute from Gambia, believed to be one of the direct ancestors of the American banjo | ||
| akonto | (German) on account (payment) | ||
| Akontobetrag | (German m.) amount paid on account | ||
| Akontozahlung | (German f.) payment on account | ||
| Akouein | (Greek) to hear | ||
| Akoustikos | (Greek) pertaining to hearing | ||
| Akoustos | (Greek) heard, audible | ||
| Akpese | see boboobo | ||
| Akpwon | song leader within the santeria tradition | ||
| akquirieren | (German) to obtain, to solicit, to acquire | ||
| Akquirierung | (German f.) acquisition | ||
| Akquisiteur | (German m.) canvasser | ||
| Akquisition | (German f.) canvassing, acquisition, business development | ||
| Akquisitionskosten | (German pl.) cost of acquisition | ||
| Akquisitionsvertrag | (German m.) takeover agreement | ||
| akquisitorisch | (German) acquisitive | ||
| Akrasie | (German f.) acrasia; in psychology, a lack of self-control | ||
| Akribie | (German f.) meticulousness | ||
| akribisch | (German) meticulous, very painstakingly, with the utmost care, painstaking | ||
| akritisch | (German) acritical | ||
| Akroataxie | (German f.) acroataxia | ||
| Akrobat (m.), Akrobatin (f.) | (German) acrobat, tumbler (acrobat), equilibrist | ||
| akrobatisch | (German) acrobatic, acrobatically | ||
| akrobatische Leistung | (German f.) acrobatic feat, feat of acrobatics | ||
| Akrodermatitis | (German f.) acrodermatitis, dermatitis of the distal end of the body's extremities | ||
| Akromat | (German m.) musician, singer | ||
| Akronym | (German n.) abbreviation, acronym | ||
| Akrophonie | (German f.) acrophony, the use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object | ||
| akrophonisch | (German) acrophonic | ||
| Akropolis | (German f.) acropolis | ||
| Akrostichon | (German n.) acrostic | ||
| Akrylglas | (German n.) Lucite ® | ||
| Akrylharz | (German n.) Lucite ® | ||
| Akrylnitril | (German n.) acrylonitrile | ||
| Aksentti | (Finnish) accent | ||
| Akt | (German m.) an act, sexual act, coitus | ||
| (German m.) nude (in art), nude study, nude portrait | |||
| (German m.) document | |||
| Aktaufnahme | (German f.) nude photograph | ||
| Aktdarstellungen | (German pl.) nude figures | ||
| Akt des Gedenkens | (German m.) act of remembrance | ||
| Akte | (Dutch) act | ||
| (German f.) file, paper, record (document) | |||
| Aktei | (German f.) collection of documents | ||
| Akt eines Dramas | (German m.) act (of a play, etc.) | ||
| Akten | (German f. pl.) documents, papers, records (documents) | ||
| Akten ablegen | (German) to do (the) filing | ||
| Aktenausfertigung | (German f.) file copy | ||
| Aktenauszug | (German m.) abstract of record, abstract of the records | ||
| Aktenberg | (German m.) mountain of files | ||
| Aktenbündel | (German n.) fascicle, bundle of papers | ||
| Aktendeckel (s./pl.) | (German m.) folder, document folder, file cover | ||
| Akteneinsicht | (German f.) access to records, inspection of files | ||
| Aktenführung | (German f.) file management | ||
| Aktenheft | (German n.) dossier | ||
| Aktenheftmaschine | (German f.) file stapler | ||
| Aktenkladde | (German f. - archaic) file | ||
| Aktenklammer | (German f.) paper clip | ||
| Aktenkoffer | (German m.) attaché case, briefcase | ||
| aktenkundig | (German) on file, on record, on records, known (to the police) | ||
| aktenkundig werden | (German) to go on the record | ||
| Aktenlagerungen | (German pl.) file storage | ||
| Akten manipulieren | (German) to manipulate files | ||
| Aktenmappe | (German f.) folder, file, portfolio | ||
| aktenmäßig | (German) documentary | ||
| Aktenmaterial | (German n.) documents | ||
| Aktennotiz | (German f.) file memorandum, file memo, memorandum for the file, note for the files, memorandum, memo | ||
| Aktennotiz mit Festlegung der Aktionspunkte | (German f.) action memo | ||
| Aktennotizen | (German pl.) memoranda | ||
| Aktenordne | (German m.) file, document file | ||
| Aktenpapier | (German n.) briefing paper (as opposed to draft paper) | ||
| Aktenregal | (German n.) filing shelves | ||
| Aktensammlung | (German f.) archive | ||
| Aktenschrank | (German m.) file cabinet, filing cabinet, cabinet | ||
| Aktenstapel | (German m.) stack of documents, pile of documents | ||
| Aktenstoß | (German m.) bundle of documents, batch of documents | ||
| Aktenstück | (German n.) document in the archives, document from the archives | ||
| Aktentasche | (German f.) attaché (case), brief-case, portfolio, brief case, briefcase | ||
| Aktentasche aus Straußenleder | (German f.) ostrich (leather) briefcase | ||
| Aktenteil | (German m.) part of a file | ||
| Aktenvermerk | (German m.) file memo, file memorandum, memo, memorandum for file, note for the files, note | ||
| Aktenvernichter | (German m.) shredder, file shredder, document shredder | ||
| Aktenwolf | (German m.) shredder | ||
| Aktenzeichen | (German n.) file reference, reference number, reference (number), application number (patent), file number | ||
| Aktenzeichner | (German m.) applicant for shares | ||
| Akteur (m.), Akteurin (f.), Akteure (pl.) | (German) actor, actress (female), player (colloquial), agent, dramatis personae (plural form) | ||
| Aktfoto | (German n.) nude photograph | ||
| Aktfotografie | (German f.) nude photography, nude photograph, nude photo | ||
| Aktgemälde | (German n.) nude painting | ||
| Aktie (s.), Aktien (pl.) | (German f.) share, stock, equities (plural form) | ||
| Aktienanleger | (German m.) investor in shares | ||
| Aktienanteile | (German pl.) stock options | ||
| Aktienanteile an einer Firma besitzen | (German to hold stock in a company | ||
| Aktienausgabe | (German f.) stock issue, issue | ||
| Aktienbank | (German f.) joint-stock bank | ||
| Aktienbesitz | (German m.) stockholding, shareholdings, share ownership, holdings, holding of shares, share holdings | ||
| Aktien besitzen | (German) to hold shares | ||
| Aktienbestand | (German m.) stock of shares, share portfolio | ||
| Aktienbetrug | (German m.) stock fraud, securities fraud | ||
| Aktienbezugsrecht | (German n.) share option, stock option | ||
| Aktienbörse | (German f.) stock-exchange | ||
| Aktienbroker | (German m.) stockbroker | ||
| Aktienbuch | (German n.) stock register | ||
| Aktienemission | (German f.) floatation of shares, issue of shares, stock issue, share issue, equity issue | ||
| Aktien emittieren | (German) to offer shares | ||
| Aktienerwerbspläne | (German pl.) share incentive scheme | ||
| Aktiengeschäft | (German n.) share transaction, transaction in shares | ||
| Aktiengesellschaft (s.), Aktiengesellschaften (pl.) | (German f.) joint stock company, joint stock corporation, limited company, public company, stock company, incorporated company | ||
| Aktiengesellschaft (s.), Aktiengesellschaften (pl.) | (German f.) or AG, stock corporation, joint-stock company, corporation, public limited company (PLC), company limited by shares | ||
| Aktiengesetz | (German n.) Companies Act | ||
| Aktienhandel | (German m.) dealing in shares, dealing in stocks, stock dealing, stock trading, equity trading | ||
| Aktienhändler | (German m.) equity trader, jobber | ||
| Aktienhöchststand | (German m.) all-time high (stock index) | ||
| Aktienindex | (German m.) index of stocks, share index, stock index | ||
| Aktieninhaber (s./pl.) | (German m.) stockholder, equity holder, shareholder, shareholders (plural form) | ||
| Aktienkapital | (German n.) equity, joint stock, stock capital, share capital | ||
| Aktienkategorie | (German f.) category of shares | ||
| Aktienkauf | (German m.) share repurchase, stock purchase | ||
| Aktienkurs (s.), Aktienkurse (pl.) | (German m.) stock price, stock quotation, price of shares, equity price | ||
| Aktienkursschwankungen | (German pl.) price fluctuations of shares | ||
| Aktienkurve | (German f.) stock index, stock chart | ||
| Aktienmanipulation | (German f.) stock manipulation | ||
| Aktien manipulieren | (German) to manipulate shares | ||
| Aktienmarkt | (German m.) shares market, market for shares, equity market, stock market, equities market, share market | ||
| Aktienmehrheit | (German f.) majority of stock, majority of shares | ||
| Aktien mit garantierter Dividende | (German pl.) debenture stock | ||
| Aktiennotierung | (German f.) stock quotation | ||
| Aktienoption | (German f.) stock option | ||
| Aktienoptionsplan für Führungskräfte | (German m.) management stock option plan (MSOP) | ||
| Aktienoptionsplan für Management, Mitarbeiter | (German m.) stock option plan (SOP) | ||
| Aktienpaket | (German n.) parcel of shares, equity stake, block of shares | ||
| Aktienpreis | (German m.) stock price | ||
| Aktienrendite | (German f.) yield on shares, stock yield | ||
| Aktienrückkauf | (German m.) buyback, share buyback | ||
| Aktienschuld einer Gesellschaft | (German f.) stock of a company | ||
| Aktienspekulant | (German m.) stock speculator | ||
| Aktienspekulation | (German f.) stock speculation, speculation in shares, speculation in stock | ||
| Aktiensplit | (German m.) stock split | ||
| Aktienstimmrecht | (German n.) stock voting right | ||
| Aktientiefstand | (German m.) all-time low (stock index) | ||
| Aktienübertragung | (German f.) stock transfer | ||
| Aktienverwaltung | (German f.) asset management | ||
| Aktienwert | (German m.) share value | ||
| Aktien zeichnen | (German) to subscribe for shares, to apply for shares | ||
| Aktienzeichnung | (German f.) application for shares | ||
| Aktienzertifikat | (German n.) stock certificate, share certificate, certificate of stock, share-certificate | ||
| Aktien zuteilen | (German) to allot shares | ||
| Aktienzuteilung | (German f.) stock allotment, allotment of shares | ||
| Aktigrafie | (German f.) actigraphy, the recording of the movements of a sleeping subject, and analysis of the subject's sleep patterns | ||
| Aktigraphie | (German f.) actigraphy | ||
| Aktion (s.), Aktionen (pl.) | (German f.) move, action, campaign | ||
| Aktionär | (German m.) stock owner, stock holder, shareholder, stockholder | ||
| Aktionäre beeinflussen | (German) to manipulate shareholders | ||
| Aktionariat | (German n.) stockholders, shareholders | ||
| Aktionärin (s.), Aktionärinnen (pl.) | (German) shareholder (female) | ||
| Aktionärsbrief | (German m.) letter to shareholders | ||
| aktionärsfreundlich | (German) shareholder-friendly | ||
| Aktionärsvereinigung | (German f.) association of shareholders | ||
| Aktionärsversammlung | (German f.) stockholders' meeting | ||
| Aktionärsverzeichnis | (German n.) stock book | ||
| Aktionsbereich | (German m.) field of action | ||
| Aktionsfähigkeit | (German f.) ability to act | ||
| Aktionsfeld | (German n.) sphere of activity | ||
| Aktionsgemeinschaft | (German f.) action group | ||
| Aktionsgruppe | (German f.) action group | ||
| Aktionskomitee | (German n.) action committee | ||
| Aktionskunst | (German f.) performance art | ||
| Aktionslied | (German n.) action song | ||
| Aktionsmalerei | (German f.) action painting | ||
| Aktionsmenü | (German n.) pull-down menu | ||
| Aktionsnotation | (German f.) action notation | ||
| Aktionsplan | (German m.) plan of campaign, action plan | ||
| Aktionsprogramm | (German n.) action programme | ||
| Aktionsradius | (German m.) sphere of action | ||
| aktionsreich | (German) action-packed | ||
| Aktionstag | (German m.) day of action | ||
| Aktionsware | (German f.) promotional goods | ||
| Aktionswoche | (German f.) action week | ||
| Aktiv | (German n.) active voice | ||
| aktiv | (German) regular (soldier), on active duty (soldiers), on active service (soldiers), hands-on, in use, energized, actual, positive, actively, active, live | ||
| Aktiva | (German pl.) assets | ||
| Aktiva und Passiva | (German pl.) assets and liabilities | ||
| aktiv dienen | (German) to be on active service | ||
| Aktive | (German f.) active participant (female) | ||
| aktive Datei | (German f.) current file, active file | ||
| aktive Geräuschunterdrückung | (German f.) active noise reduction (ANR) | ||
| aktive Lärmkompensation | (German f.) active noise control (ANC), active noise reduction (ANR) | ||
| aktive Veredelung | (German f.) or AV, inward processing relief (IPR) | ||
| aktive Wetterfront | (German f.) active front (weather) | ||
| Aktiver | (German m.) activist, active participant | ||
| aktiver | (German) more active | ||
| aktiver Filter | (German m.) active filter | ||
| aktiver Leihverkehr | (German m.) inter-library loan | ||
| aktiver Offfizier | (German m.) serving officer | ||
| aktiver Vulkan | (German m.) active volcano | ||
| aktives Teil | (German n.) live part (of electrical equipment) (EN 292) | ||
| aktives Unternehmen | (German n.) operating company | ||
| aktivieren | (German) to vitalise, to capitalise, to activate, to enable, to energise | ||
| aktivierend | (German) activating | ||
| aktiviert | (German) activates, activated, enabled | ||
| Aktivismus | (German m.) activism | ||
| Aktivist (m.), Aktivistin (f.) | (German) activist, campaigner | ||
| Aktivisten gegen Armut | (German pl.) anti-poverty campaigners | ||
| aktivistisch | (German) activist | ||
| Aktivität (s.), Aktivitäten (pl.) | (German f.) activity | ||
| Aktivkohle | (German f.) charcoal, activated carbon, bone black, activated charcoal | ||
| Aktivkohlefilter | (German m.) activated charcoal filter | ||
| Aktivmanagement | (German n.) asset management | ||
| aktiv mitarbeiten | (German) to play an active part | ||
| Aktivposten | (German m.) asset | ||
| Aktivsaldo | (German m.) credit balance | ||
| aktiv schalten | (German) to activate | ||
| Aktivüberhang | (German m.) net asset position | ||
| Aktivum | (German m.) asset | ||
| Aktivvermögen | (German n.) actual net worth | ||
| aktiv werden | (German) to move (figurative - to initiate action), to engage in an activity, to take action | ||
| aktiv werben für | (German) to tout | ||
| aktiv Werbung machen für | (German) to tout | ||
| Aktivzinsen | (German pl.) interest receivable | ||
| Aktmalerei | (German f.) nude painting | ||
| Aktor (s.), Aktoren (pl.) | (German m.) actuator | ||
| Aktphotographie | (German f.) nude photography, nude photograph | ||
| Aktrice | (German f. - archaic) actress | ||
| Aktstudie (s.), Aktstudien (pl.) | (German f.) nude study, study of a nude, study from the nude | ||
| aktualisierbar | (German) updatable | ||
| aktualisieren | (German) to refresh, to actualise, to upgrade, to update, to bring up-to-date | ||
| aktualisiert | (German) up-to-date, updated | ||
| aktualisierte Ausgabe | (German f.) updated edition | ||
| Aktualisierung | (German f.) updating, update | ||
| Aktualismus | (German m.) actualism | ||
| Aktualität | (German f.) topicality, actuality, up-to-dateness, the degree to which something is current (i.e. up-to-date) | ||
| Aktualitäten | (German f. pl.) current events | ||
| Aktualwert | (German m.) actual value | ||
| Aktuar | (German m.) actuary | ||
| Aktuator | (German m.) actuator | ||
| aktuell | (German) latest, in fashion, effective, up-to-date, current, newsworthy, topical, topically, up to date, with it (colloquial), trendy | ||
| aktuelle Angebote | (German pl.) actual quotations | ||
| aktuelle Ausgabe | (German f.) current issue | ||
| aktuelle Auskunft bieten | (German) to provide the latest information | ||
| aktuelle Information | (German f.) up-to-date information | ||
| aktuelle Kurse | (German pl.) actual prices, current prices | ||
| aktuelle Nachrichten | (German pl.) current affairs (journalism) | ||
| aktuelle Position | (German f.) current position | ||
| aktuelle Preisliste | (German f.) current price list | ||
| aktuelle Seite | (German f.) current page | ||
| aktuelle Version | (German f.) up-to-date version | ||
| aktueller | (German) more up to date | ||
| aktueller Bedarf | (German m.) up-to-date requirements | ||
| aktueller Bestand | (German m.) actual stock, current stock | ||
| aktueller Kurs | (German m.) current market price | ||
| aktueller Preis | (German m.) current price | ||
| aktueller Wert | (German m.) present value | ||
| aktueller Zustand | (German m.) current condition, current state, present state, present condition | ||
| aktuelles Thema | (German n.) topical subject, topical theme | ||
| aktuelles Zeitgeschehen | (German n.) current events | ||
| aktuellste | (German) latest, most up to date | ||
| Aktvorhang | (German m.) main drape | ||
| Aktzeichnung | (German f.) nude figure drawing, nude life drawing | ||
| Akuba | African conga drums | ||
| Akupressur | (German f.) acupressure | ||
| akupunktieren | (German) to (give) acupuncture | ||
| Akupunktur | (German f.) acupuncture | ||
| Akustik | (German f.) acoustic, acoustics | ||
| Akustikbass | (German m.) acoustic bass (guitar) | ||
| Akustiker (m.), Akustiker (pl.) | (German) acoustician (male) | ||
| Akustikerin (f.), Akustikerinnen (pl.) | (German) acousticians (female) | ||
| Akustikgitarre | (German f.) acoustic guitar | ||
| Akustikkoppler | (German m.) acoustic coupler | ||
| akustisch | (German) acoustic, acoustically, aurally, sonic, acounstical, audible | ||
| akustische Anzeige | (German f.) audible alarm | ||
| akustische Eigenschaften | (German pl.) acoustic properties | ||
| akustische Filter | (German pl.) acoustic filters | ||
| akustische Gitarre | (German f.) acoustic guitar | ||
| akustische Halluzinationen | (German pl.) auditory hallucinations | ||
| akustische Impedanz | (German f.) acoustic impedance | ||
| akustische Impedanzanpassung | (German f.) acoustic impedance matching | ||
| akustische Kunst | see 'acoustic art' | ||
| akustische Leistungsdichte | (German f.) acoustic power density | ||
| akustische Mikroskopie | (German f.) acoustic microscopy | ||
| akustische Oberflächenwelle | (German f.) surface acoustic wave (SAW) | ||
| akustische Ökologie | (German f.) acoustic ecology | ||
| akustische Optik | (German f.) acoustooptics, acousto-optics | ||
| akustische Phonetik | (German f.) acoustic phonetics | ||
| akustische Planung | (German f.) acoustic design | ||
| akustischer Anzeiger | (German m.) audible indicator | ||
| akustischer Cortex | (German m.) auditory cortex | ||
| akustischer Horizont | (German m.) acoustic horizon | ||
| akustischer Raum | (German m.) acoustic space | ||
| akustischer Reflex | (German m.) acoustic reflex | ||
| akustischer Speicher | (German m.) acoustic memory | ||
| akustischer Standard | (German m.) auditory standard | ||
| akustischer Filter | (German m.) acoustic filter | ||
| akustische Rückkopplung | (German f.) acoustic feedback, acoustical feedback | ||
| akustisches Filter | (German n.) acoustic filter | ||
| akustische Skala | (German f.) (Bartok) acoustic scale | ||
| akustisches Signal | (German n.) audible signal, acoustic signal | ||
| akustisches System | (German n.) auditory system | ||
| akustische Strahlung | (German f.) acoustic radiation | ||
| akustisches Warnsignal | (German n.) audible alarm | ||
| akustisches Zeichen | (German n.) beep | ||
| akustische Verzögerung | (German f.) acoustic delay | ||
| akustische Verzögerungsstrecke | (German f.) acoustic delay line | ||
| akustische Warnung | (German f.) audible alarm | ||
| akustisk | (Swedish) acoustic | ||
| Akustooptik | (German f.) acoustooptics | ||
| akustooptisch | (German) acousto-optical | ||
| Akut | (German m.) acute (accent) | ||
| akut | (German) acute, severe, acutely, severely | ||
| akut behindert | (German) acutely disabled | ||
| akuter Mangel | (German m.) acute shortage | ||
| akutes Problem | (German n.) pressing problem | ||
| Akutkrankenhaus | (German n.) acute care hospital | ||
| Akvavit | (Danish) an strong spirit flavoured with caraway seed | ||
| Akyn | Kyrgyz composer-poet-performers. They can be traced back to Attila's time when there was a tradition of telling stories by way of speeches accompanied by komuz, a fretless banjo-like instrument. After Attila called his guests together, there would be a competition for the best akyn. Attila presented the winner his finest cloak and horse | ||
| Akzeleration | (German f.) acceleration | ||
| akzelerieren | (German) to accelerate | ||
| akzeleriert | (German) accelerated | ||
| Akzent (s.), Akzente (pl.) | (German m.) accent, stress | ||
| Akzentbuchstabe | (German m.) accent (character) | ||
| akzentfrei | (German) without any accent, without an accent, with no accent, accent-free | ||
| akzentlos | (German) accent-free, without an accent, accentless | ||
| Akzentneume (s.), Akzentneumen (pl.) | (German f.) accent-neume | ||
| Akzentschema | (German n.) accentual pattern | ||
| Akzentstufentakt | (German m.) accented bar, accented measure | ||
| Akzentton | (German m.) pitch accent | ||
| Akzentuation | (German f.) accentuation | ||
| akzentuieren | (German) to accentuate, to stress, to accent | ||
| akzentuierend | (German) accentuating, accenting | ||
| akzentuiert | (German) accented, accentuated, accentuates, accenting | ||
| Akzentuierung | (German f.) accentuation | ||
| Akzentverschiebung | (German f.) change of emphasis | ||
| Akzept | (German n.) positive answer | ||
| akzeptabel | (German) acceptable | ||
| akzeptabel | (German) acceptable, reasonable, alright (less formal than all right) | ||
| akzeptabel für die meisten Geschmäcker | (German) acceptable to most palates | ||
| Akzeptabilität | (German f.) acceptability | ||
| akzeptable Alternative | (German f.) acceptable alternative | ||
| akzeptable Änderungen | (German pl.) acceptable alterations | ||
| akzeptabler Beschluss | (German m.) acceptable resolution | ||
| akzeptabler Betrag | (German m.) appreciable sum | ||
| akzeptabler Kurs | (German m.) acceptable price | ||
| akzeptabler Vorschlag | (German m.) agreeable proposal | ||
| akzeptables Benehmen | (German n.) acceptable behaviour | ||
| akzeptables Maßsystem | (German n.) acceptable system of measurement | ||
| Akzeptanz | (German f.) approval, acceptability, acceptance | ||
| Akzeptanz des Unvermeidlichen | (German f.) acceptance of the inevitable | ||
| Akzeptanz erlangen | (German) to obtain acceptance | ||
| Akzeptanz seitens der Verbraucher | (German f.) consumer acceptance | ||
| Akzeptbank | (German f.) merchant bank | ||
| akzeptierbar | (German) acceptable | ||
| Akzeptierbarkeit | (German f.) acceptability | ||
| akzeptieren | (German) to buy, (colloquial - to accept the truth or feasibility of something), to honour (an agreement), to agree to, to accept, to approve | ||
| akzeptieren als | (German) to accept as | ||
| akzeptierend | (German) accepting, acceptingly | ||
| akzeptiert | (German) accepted | ||
| akzeptierte Meinung | (German f.) accepted opinion | ||
| akzeptierte Standardrichtlinien | (German pl.) an accepted standard | ||
| akzeptierte Tatsache | (German f.) accepted fact | ||
| akzeptierte Theorie | (German f.) accepted theory | ||
| akzeptierter Wert | (German m.) accepted value | ||
| Akzession | (German f.) acquisition, accession | ||
| akzessionieren | (German) to accession | ||
| Akzessionsjournal | (German n.) accession book | ||
| akzessorisch | (German) accessory | ||
| Akzidens | (German n.) accident | ||
| akzidentell | (German) accidental | ||
| akzidentiell | (German) accidental | ||
| Akzidenz (s.), Akzidenzien (pl.), Akzidenzien (pl.) | (German f.) accidental (in music) | ||
| Akzidenzdruck | (German m.) printing job | ||
| Al | after Antonio de Almeida, the cataloguer of music by Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) | ||
| al | (Italian) also all', alla, alle, agli, allo, at the, to the, in the, in the style of | ||
| al before masculine words, alla before feminine words | |||
| A.L. | abbreviation of anno lucis (Latin: in the year of light - a calendar used by some Free and Accepted Masons where 4000 is added to the Christian Era date) | ||
| al. | abbreviation of alia (Latin) 'other things' | ||
| a.l. | abbreviation of 'autograph letter' | ||
| ALA | abbreviation of 'Associate in Liberal Arts' or 'Associate of the Library Association | ||
| Ala | a three finger-hole free reed pipe of the Bahnar people of the Central Highlands of Vietnam, The fibre reed is mounted on a small block of wood, held in place with a string, and sound is produced by the player inhaling | ||
| à l' | (French) to the, at the, on the, with the, in the manner of, in the style of | ||
| the phrase is short for à la mode de, hence the use of a feminine article la even when followed by a masculine noun | |||
| à la | (French) to the, at the, on the, with the, in the manner of, in the style of | ||
| the phrase is short for à la mode de, hence the use of a feminine article la even when followed by a masculine noun | |||
| Alaaf! | (German, dialect) Hurray! | ||
| Alaap/Alapchari | in Hindustani classical music, a term describing the gradual unfolding and development of a raga through monosyllables, NomTom, and without a fixed composition | ||
| alabancioso | (Spanish) boastful | ||
| à l'abandon | (French) in a state of neglect, at random, in confusion, without restraint, with passionate expression | ||
| Alabanza | (Spanish f.) praise | ||
| Alabanzas | (Spanish f. pl.) religious praise songs in Spain and Spanish America | ||
| Alabaos | the Brazilian equivalent of the Spanish villancicos | ||
| Alabaster | (English, German m.) translucent usually white form of gypsum, used for carving etc. | ||
| alabastern | (German) alabaster, white and smooth | ||
| Alabasterschale | (German f.) alabaster bowl | ||
| Alabastro | (Italian m., Spanish m.) alabaster | ||
| Alabâtre | (French m.) alabaster | ||
| Álabe | (Spanish m.) cog (toothed wheel) | ||
| alabear | (Spanish) warp | ||
| alabeo | (Spanish) warping | ||
| à la bonne heure | (French) well done!, capital! | ||
| à la broche | (French) roasted in front of an open fire on a spit | ||
| à la bucolique | (French) in a rustic manner | ||
| à la cantonade | (French) for all to hear | ||
| à la carte | (French) itemised menu | ||
| in a restaurant, each item is charged for separately, as opposed to table d'hôte or prix fixe where there is a set charge for a set meal | |||
| Alacena | (Spanish f.) cupboard | ||
| à la charnière de | (French) at the meeting point between | ||
| à la chasse | (French) in the hunting style | ||
| à la corde | (French) with the bow kept on the string, i.e. playing legato | ||
| alacre | (Italian) brisk | ||
| Alacridad | (Spanish f.) alacrity, Bereitfertigkeit (German f.) | ||
| Alacrità | (Italian f.) alacrity, Bereitfertigkeit (German f.) | ||
| Alacrité | (French f.) alacrity, Bereitfertigkeit (German f.) | ||
| à la découverte de | (French) in search of | ||
| a la derecha | (Spanish) on the right, to the right | ||
| a la deriva | (Spanish) drifting, adrift | ||
| à la dérobée | (French) stealthily | ||
| à la différence de | (French) unlike | ||
| a la disposición de | (Spanish) at the disposal of | ||
| à la disposition de | (French) at the disposal of | ||
| à la dure | (French) the hard way | ||
| a la entrada | (Spanish) at the entrance | ||
| à la française | (French) in the French style | ||
| à la grecque | (French) in the Greek style | ||
| a reference particularly to the introduction of choruses at the termination of the acts of dramas by the French, in imitation of ancient Greek dramatists | |||
| à la guerre comme à la guerre | (French) one must take the rough with the smooth | ||
| à la hausse | (French) at the heel of the bow, at the frog, al tallone (Italian), am Frosch (German), au talon (French) | ||
| à la hongroise | (French) all'ungarese (Italian), all'ongherese (Italian), in the Hungarian style, which usually means 'in the Gypsy style', nach ungarischer Art (German) | ||
| al aire libre | (Spanish) in the open air | ||
| Alaise | (French f.) undersheet, drawsheet | ||
| à l'aise | (French) in a relaxed manner, adagio, posément | ||
| Al-âla | together with gharnati and milhûn, the primary form of Andalusian classical music today | ||
| see 'Andalusian classical music' | |||
| Alalá | (Spanish) traditional Galician folk-song which often express passion or longing | ||
| à la lanterne | (French) as phrase that occurs in the refrain of the revolutionary song Ça Ira, a reference to the hanging of many of the victims of the French Revolution from the chains supporting the street-lamps | ||
| à la légère | (French) thoughtlessly | ||
| à la lettre | (French) literally | ||
| à l'allemande | (French) in the German style (which often means at an atypical tempo), alla tedesca (Italian) | ||
| à la lumière d'une bougie | (French) by candlelight | ||
| ALAM | abbreviation of 'Associate of the London College of Music and Dramatic Art' | ||
| à la maison | (French) at home | ||
| a la maniera | (Italian) alla maniera di (Italian), in the manner of, nach Art der (German), nach Art des (German), nach Art von (German), à la manière de (French) | ||
| à la manière de | (French) a la maniera (Italian), alla maniera di (Italian), in the manner of, nach Art der (German), nach Art des (German), nach Art von (German) | ||
| alambicado | (Spanish) distilled, subtle | ||
| Alambicamiento | (Spanish) distillation, subtlety | ||
| alambiqué, alambiquée | (French) over-refined, over-subtle, convoluted, involved (said of works of art, writings, etc., often pejorative) | ||
| Alameda | (Spanish f.) avenue, poplar grove | ||
| à la même | (French) tempo primo (Italian), a tempo (Italian), in the original time, im Zeitmaß (German) | ||
| a la mesa | (Spanish) at the table | ||
| à la mesure | (French) in time, a tempo, a battuta | ||
| à la militaire | (French) in the military style, march style | ||
| à la minute | (French) cooked to order | ||
| A-la-mi-re | in solmisation the name of two notes, of the note a (alamire acutum) and the note a' (alamire superacutum) (the term is derived from the three notes A (tonic, la) E (subdominant, mi) and D (dominant, re) which determine the key of A) | ||
| Álamo | (Spanish m.) poplar | ||
| à la mode | (French) in the fashion, fashionable | ||
| Álamo temblón | (Spanish m.) aspen | ||
| Álamoth | (Hebrew) this word is used in the superscription to the 46th Psalm, and is believed to have been the name of an ancient Hebrew melody to which the psalm was intended to be sung | ||
| al amparo de | (Spanish) under the protection of | ||
| alangui (m.), alanguie (f.) | (French) languid (attitude, gesture), lifeless (rhythm, style) | ||
| Alanguissement | (French m.) languidness, languor | ||
| Alankar | in Hindustani classical music, notes and other features which prominently indicate a raga | ||
| Alanna | (from the Irish, a leinbh, 'O baby') darling, a common term of endearment | ||
| Alante | the front of a stage used for flamenco performances | ||
| a la orilla del mar | (Spanish) by the sea | ||
| Alap | in Indian classical music, an introductory, slow movement, free of rhythm, that sets out and elaborates the raga | ||
| à la page | (French) up to date, in the know, familiar with the latest fashions | ||
| à la paysanne | (French) in a peasant or simple country style (usually a reference to a style of food) | ||
| à la pointe (d'archet) | (French) at the tip (or point) of the bow, an der Bogenspitze (German), an der Spitze des Bogens (German), colla punta d'arco (Italian), alla punta d'arco (Italian), de la pointe (French), con la punta del arco (Spanish) | ||
| à la polácca | (French) in the manner of a Polácca | ||
| Alarde | (Havana slang) to show off, to display | ||
| à la recherche du temps perdu | (French) in a quest of the past, a reference to Marcel Proust's idea that trivial sensations may produce an involuntary but vivid memory of past experiences | ||
| Alargadera | (Spanish f.) extension | ||
| Alargador | (Spanish m.) extension | ||
| Alargamiento | (Spanish m.) lengthening | ||
| alargar | (Spanish) lengthen, stretch out (a hand, etc.) | ||
| Alarido | (Spanish m.) shriek | ||
| à la rigueur | (French) if absolutely necessary | ||
| Alarippu | (Tamil, literally flowerbud) traditionally the first full dance piece that most Bharatanatyam dancers learn. It symbolizes the awakening of the dancer. It begins with the dancer simply moving her eyes, then her head, then slowly it 'awakens' different parts of the body, like the hands and finally the feet. This piece gets rhythmically faster and faster until the climax where the dancer moves all of her body very fast. It is generally seen in the beginning of the barathanatya pieces after the Ganesha Kauvatvam or the Pushpanjali. This dance is set to 3/4 time music and is often accompanied by a drummer and a verbal percussionist | ||
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| Alarm, Alarme (German pl.) alarms | (English, German m.) military signal sounded by the trumpet, alert | ||
| Alarmanlage | (German f.) burglar alarm, alarm, alarm system | ||
| Alarmauslöser | (German m.) alarm contact | ||
| Alarmbereitschaft (s.), Alarmbereitschaften (pl.) | (German f.) alert | ||
| Alarm blasen | (German, archaic) to sound the alarm | ||
| alarmé | (French) alarmed, allarmato (Italian), beunruhigt (German) | ||
| Alarm geben | (German) to give the alarm | ||
| Alarmglocke (s.), Alarmglocken (pl.) | (German f.) alarm-bell, warning bell, tocsin, alarm bell | ||
| Alarmglocken schrillen lassen | (German) to sound alarm bells | ||
| alarmieren | (German) to alarm, to alert, to startle, to warn | ||
| alarmierend | (German) startling, dangerously, alarmingly, alarming, dangerous, alerting (by the effect of an alarm) | ||
| alarmierende Größe erreichen | (German) to attain alarming proportions (debt, danger, etc.) | ||
| alarmiert | (German) startled, alert, alarmed | ||
| Alarmierung | (German f.) alerting | ||
| Alarmkamera | (German f.) surveillance camera | ||
| Alarmklingel | (German f.) warning bell | ||
| Alarmlicht | (German n.) warning light | ||
| Alarmmeldung | (German f.) alert box (in a pop-up window) | ||
| Alarmpfeife | (German f.) alarm whistle | ||
| Alarmplatz | (German m.) place of assembly (in case of fire, etc.) | ||
| Alarmruf | (German m.) alarm call, alert | ||
| Alarmschalter | (German m.) panic button | ||
| Alarm schlagen | (German) to sound the alarm, to give the alarm, to raise the alarm, to push the panic button | ||
| Alarmsignal (s.), Alarmsignale (pl.) | (German n.) amber light, alarm, alarm signal, danger signal | ||
| Alarmsystem | (German n.) alert system, alarm system | ||
| Alarmzeichen | (German n.) alarm signal | ||
| al arrimo de | (Spanish) with the support of | ||
| à l'article de la mort | (French) at death's door | ||
| à la Russe | (French) in the Russian style | ||
| à la savoÿarde | (French) in the style of the airs of Savoy | ||
| à la seconde | see seconde, à la | ||
| à la sauvette | (French) hastily, illicitly | ||
| a la semana | (Spanish) by the week, per week | ||
| à l'aspect de | (French) at the sight of | ||
| à la suite | (French) or de suite, in succession | ||
| à la suite de | (French) behind, as a result of | ||
| al atardecer | (Spanish) at dusk | ||
| alatere | (Latin) having plenipotentary powers | ||
| à la tête de | (French) at the head of | ||
| Alati | (Arabic) instrumentalists | ||
| à la turque | (French) alla turca (Italian), in Turkish style, nach türkischer Art (German), im Stil der Janitscharen-Musik (German) | ||
| à la tzigane | (French) alla zingarese (Italian) alla zingara (Italian), in a gypsy style, in the style of gypsy music, nach Art der Zigeuner (German) | ||
| à l'aubade | (French) at daybreak | ||
| Aláude | (Portuguese) lute | ||
| Alaun | (German m.) alum | ||
| Alaunstift | (German m.) styptic pencil (to stop bleeding) | ||
| à la va-comme-je-te-pousse | (French) in a slap-dash manner, any old how, any old way | ||
| à l'avance | (French) in advance | ||
| à la va-vite | (French) in a hurry (familiar) | ||
| à la verticale | (French) vertically | ||
| à la vielle de | (French) on the eve of | ||
| al avemaria | (Spanish) at dusk | ||
| à l'avenir | (French) in future | ||
| à la villageoise | (French) in a rustic style | ||
| al azar | (Spanish) at random | ||
| Alb | item of mass vestments, a long tunic decorated with six squares of embroidery known as apparels | ||
| Alba | (Italian f., Spanish f.) dawn | ||
| Alba | (Provençal) also albe or aube, a troubadour or trouvère song about a lover's morning departure from his beloved after an illicit tryst. It was taken into the Minnesinger repertoire as the Tagelied (day-song) or Wächterlied (guardian-song) | ||
| Albaner (m.), Albanerin (f.), Albaner (pl.), Albanerinnen (f.pl.) | (German) Albanian | ||
| Albanés | (Spanish m.) Albanian | ||
| albanés | (Spanish) Albanian | ||
| Albanese | (Italian m./f.) Albanian | ||
| albanese | (Italian) Albanian | ||
| Albanian music | |||
| Albanien | (German n.) Albania | ||
| Albañil | (Spanish m.) bricklayer | ||
| Albanisch | (German n.) Albanian | ||
| albanisch | (German) Albanian | ||
| albanischsprachig | (German) Albanian-speaking | ||
| Albarán | (Spanish m.) delivery note | ||
| Albarelle | variety of boletus mushroom which grows on chestnut and white popular trees | ||
| Albaricoquero | (Spanish m.) apricot tree | ||
| Albatros (s.), Albatrosse (pl.) | (German m.) albatross (Diomedeidae) | ||
| Albazo | (Andes, South America) a music style of the Otavalo people of the mountainous, Andean region of Ecuador, the Sierra. A small panpipe, the rondador, is the style's most distinctive instrument, but ensembles also include groups of wind instruments, guitar trios and brass bands. The rhythms characteristic of this style include cachullapi, yumbo, danzante and sanjuanito | ||
| Albdruck | (German m.) incubus | ||
| Albdrücken | (German n.) incubus | ||
| Albe | see alba | ||
| (German f.) alb | |||
| albeggiare | (Italian) to dawn, to become bright or whitish | ||
| Alben | (German pl.) albums | ||
| alberato | (Italian) wooded, tree-lined | ||
| Alberello | (Italian m.) sapling, a glass or earthenware jar designed to contain medicinal compounds, a paint-pot, a salt-box, a phial | ||
| Alberei | (German f.) foolery | ||
| Albergatore (m.), Albergatrice (f.) | (Italian) hotel-keeper | ||
| Albergo | (Italian m.) hotel | ||
| Albergu | (Spanish m.) accommodation, shelter | ||
| Alberich | (German) Aubrey | ||
| albern | (German) goofy (colloquial), clownish, ridiculous, giggly, silly, stupid, frivolous, daft (colloquial), foolish, footling, ludicrously, sillily, simperingly, foolishly, simpering, ludicrous, inanely, fatuously, inept (foolish), fatuous, absurd | ||
| (German) to fool about, to play the fool | |||
| albernd | (German) fooling about, simpering | ||
| alberne Antwort | (German f.) stupid answer | ||
| alberne Bemerkung | (German f.) silly remark | ||
| alberner Tor | (German m.) silly fool | ||
| albernes Benehmen | (German n.) silly conduct, fooling, absurd behaviour | ||
| alberne Tat | (German f.) stupid act | ||
| alberne Worte | (German pl.) silly words | ||
| Albernheit | (German f.) fatuity, foolery, silliness, ineptitude, absurdity, tomfoolery, daftness (colloquial) | ||
| albern und übertrieben reagieren | (German) to ham (it) up (slang) | ||
| Albero | (Italian m.) tree, shaft | ||
| Albero di sonagli | also mezzaluna crescent, turkisch crescent, cappello cinese, padiglione cinese, cappello turco | ||
| see chapeau chinois | |||
| Albero genealogico | (Italian m.) genealogy, family tree, genealogical tree | ||
| albert | (German) simpers, fools about | ||
| Albert, an | a watch-chain across the waistcoat, from one pocket to another or to a buttonhole, named for Albert (1819-61), Prince Consort, who set the fashion | ||
| alberte | (German) simpered | ||
| Alberti Bass |  | ||
| a simple accompaniment consisting of broken chords, usually 'tonic, dominant, mediant, dominant' in succession, named after the Venetian composer Domenico Alberti (c.1710-1740), singer, harpsichordist and composer, which he used but probably did not invent | |||
| albertijnse bassen | (Dutch) Alberti Bass | ||
| albertische Bässe | (German pl.) Alberti Bass | ||
| Albertonian Bass | an old name for an 'Alberti Bass' | ||
| Albert system | named for Eugene Albert, a pupil of Adolphe Sax, who made changes and improvements to keywork designed by Ivan Muller in 1809. In the United States the name "Albert" became synonomous with these instruments, where in England they were generally referred to as "simple" system. "Albert" system clarinets were manufactured by Buffet, Selmer, LeBlanc, Conn, Buescher, Thibouville-Lamy, Couesnon, Penzel, Mueller, Boosey, Hawkes and many others. A system similar to the 'Albert' is still is use by clarinetists in Germany and Austria today where it is known as the Oehler system. The simple system is usually used for Klezmer, Albanian, Armenian, Greek, Turkish, Russian, Czech, and all other forms of traditional folk music. Its advantages are better, faster fingering for the scales used in that music, and a brighter sound. While the fingering is excellent in many keys, it is clumsy in others, so to cover more "good" keys, these clarinets are made in many slightly different sizes (C, Bb, A, G) | ||
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| Albert the Great | the nickname of Albert Chevalier (1861-1923), 'the coster's laureate', a favourite of the music-halls, remembered for his cockney songs, including My Old Dutch and Knock'd 'em in the Old Kent Road | ||
| Albicocco | (Italian m.) apricot-tree | ||
| Albigenser | (German m.) Albigensian | ||
| Albigenserkreuzzug | (German m.) Albigensian crusade | ||
| Albigensian | or Cathars, a heretical movement found in Germany, Italy and France in the 11th to 13th centuries, based on a dualist belief in two Gods, one of good and one of evil | ||
| Albinismus | (German m.) albinism | ||
| Albino | (Italian m., German m.) an animal or person lacking pigment in skin, eyes and hair | ||
| Albino- | (German) albino (prefix) | ||
| Albion | an ancient and poetic name for Britain | ||
| Albisiphon | bass (in C) and baritone/tenor (in F) flutes built by Abelardo Albisi (1872-1938). The flute in C was built in 1937 to perform a part in the opera La Parisina by Glauco Meriggioli (1872-1938). That instrument has a very large bore (37.2 mm.) making it very difficult to produce a note. The keys are based on the Boehm system with a closed G# and a foot to add a low B. The three section instrument has a novel T-shaped and coiled head joint allowing the instrument to be held vertically - see picture | ||
| Albo | (Italian m.) resiter, album | ||
| Alboka | traditional Basque autochtonous horn built out of cane, wood or animal horn with a double reed, like a clarinet and formed of two tubes, one with five holes, and the other with three. One end contains a mouthpiece made of horn with a holder for the two reeds while the other end is made of a larger horn which acts as a resonator. The player uses circular breathing so that it is not necessary to stop playing in order to take a breath. Traditionally, the albok is played accompanied by a pandero (tambourine) | ||
| Albor | (Spanish m.) dawn | ||
| Alborada | (Spanish, literally 'dawn song') morning music, aubade (French), particular of a rough pastoral form played on bagpipes, or rustic oboe (dulzaina), to the accompaniment of a small drum (tamboril) | ||
| Alboreá | (Spanish from alba meaning 'daybreak' or 'dawn') gypsy wedding song | ||
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| alborea | (Spanish) dawn | ||
| al borde de | (Spanish) on the edge of, on the brink of (figurative) | ||
| Albornoz | (Spanish m.) bathrobe | ||
| alborotar | (Spanish) make a racket | ||
| Alboroto | (Spanish m.) row, uproar | ||
| alborozar | (Spanish) make laugh, make happy | ||
| Alb-pop | Albanian pop music | ||
| Albrecht | (German m.) Albert | ||
| Albtraum (s.), Albträume (pl.) | (German m.) nightmare, bad dream | ||
| albtraumartig | (German) nightmarish | ||
| albtraumhaft | (German) nightmarish | ||
| Albtraumszenario | (German n.) nightmare scenario | ||
| al buio | (Italian) in the dark | ||
| Album (s.), Albums (English pl.), Alben (German pl.) | (German n., French m., Italian m.) a recorded collection of musical items (for example, an LP), a collection in book form (for example, of photographs, verses, postage-stamps, etc.) | ||
| Álbum | (Spanish m.) album | ||
| Album a passe-partout | (Italian m.) slip-in album | ||
| Albumblatt (s.), Albumblätter (pl.) | (German n., literally 'a page or leaf from a book') from the nineteenth century, a short, easy instrumental piece, usually for the piano as for example Für Elise by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) | ||
| Album da incollare | (Italian m.) paste-in scrapbook | ||
| Álbum de canções | (Portuguese) songbook | ||
| Albume | (Italian m.) albumen, white of egg (a key ingredient in tempera all'albume) | ||
| Albumen | white of egg (a key ingredient in tempera all'albume) | ||
| Album-leaf | (English) Albumblatt | ||
| Albumin | (German n.) albumen, white of egg (a key ingredient in tempera all'albume) | ||
| Album-oriented rock | abbreviated AOR and originally called Album-oriented radio, originally an American FM radio format focusing on album tracks by rock artists. Similar to the origin of the progressive rock radio format, album-oriented rock took advantage of the new availability of stations on the FM spectrum in the 1960s and the growth of albums as opposed to singles as rock's main artistic vehicle for expression in the 1960s and 1970s. Indeed in many places the AOR format was a conservative evolution of the progressive rock format. In some markets the term AOR was re-positioned as Adult-oriented rock, implying that 'adults' were more likely to buy albums rather than singles | ||
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| Alcaic verse | or alcaics, a Greek or Latin lyrical metre that consists of a strophe of four lines, each having four feet | ||
| Alcalde | (Spanish m.) mayor | ||
| Alcaldesa | (Spanish f.) mayoress | ||
| Alcantara | military monastic order founded in Spain and Portugal in the 12th century | ||
| Alcatraza | flirtatious and erotic dance for couples from Peru. Traditionally, the woman has a piece of tissue between her legs while the man dances with a lit candle trying to light the tissue. If the man can light the woman's fire, that means that she is his | ||
| al centro | (Italian) in the middle | ||
| al centro della pelle | (Italian) in the middle of the drumhead | ||
| al centro del piatto | (Italian) on the dome of the cymbal, on the top of the cymbal | ||
| al centro del timpano | (Italian) in the middle of the kettle-drum | ||
| Alchemie | (German f.) alchemy | ||
| Alchemismus | (German m.) alchemism | ||
| Alchemist (s.), Alchemisten (pl.) | (German m.) alchemist | ||
| Alchimie | (German f.) alchemy | ||
| Alchimismus | (German m.) alchemism | ||
| Alchimist | (German m.) alchemist | ||
| ALCM | abbreviation of 'Associate of the London College of Music' | ||
| Alcoba | (Spanish f.) bedroom | ||
| Alcohol desnaturalizado | (Spanish m.) methylated spirits | ||
| al cominciare | (Italian) at the beginning | ||
| Alcool | (French m., Italian m.) alcohol | ||
| Alcool à brûler | (French m.) methylated spirits | ||
| Alcorán | (Spanish m.) Koran | ||
| Alcornoque | (Spanish m.) cork-oak | ||
| Alcova | (Italian f.) alcove | ||
| Alcôve | (French f.) alcove | ||
| alcuno, alcuna, alcun', alcuni | (Italian) some, a few, certain | ||
| Aldabada | (Spanish f.) knock at the door | ||
| aldeano | (Spanish) village, rustic, country | ||
| al dente | (Italian) cooked so as to be firm to the tooth, not too soft | ||
| Alder | (German Erle, French Aune, Dutch Els, European Species: Alnus glutinosa (Black or Common Alder), A. incana (Grey Alder): Average Weight: 33 pounds per cubic foot) Alder is a light, soft wood that is durable under water, but not when in conditions of alternating wet and dry. It was used for shoes and containers as well as fish weirs and the like. Most of the turned pieces from York catalogued by Morris are of Alder. Alder coppices well | ||
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| al dettaglio | (Italian) retail (commerce) | ||
| al detalle | (Spanish) in detail, retail | ||
| Aldi | (German m.) abbreviation for Albrecht Discount (German m.: a German discount supermarket chain) | ||
| al dia | (Spanish) up to date | ||
| al dia siguiente | (Spanish) on the following day | ||
| Aldine | the name given to an italic font designed by Francesco Griffo, the type designer of the late sixteenth century Venetian printer and publisher Aldus Manutius (c.1450-1515) | ||
| Aldine editions | a famous edition of Greek and Latin classics printed and published in Venice by the firm founded by Aldus Manutius (c.1450-1515) in 1490. The firm closed in 1590 | ||
| aldre nummer | (Swedish) back number | ||
| ALE | abbreviation of 'Associate for Liberal Education' | ||
| Ale | (English, German n.) beer | ||
| Aléa | (French m.) hazard | ||
| Aleación | (Spanish f.) alloy | ||
| alea iacta est | (Latin) the die is cast | ||
| alea jacta est | (Latin) the die is cast | ||
| aléatoire | (French) aleatory, uncertain, random (in mathematics) | ||
| Aleatoric | (Latin, alea meaning 'dice') a compositional technique, most closely associated with the American composer John Cage (1912-1992), where, through the use of dice, random-number generators, books such as the I Ching, etc. (called 'chance operations'), the choice of pitch, rhythmic value and order of events is left to chance, the music so produced being called 'aleatoric' or 'chance' music. The term 'mobile form' has been used for 'aleatory music' | ||
| Pierre Boulez applied the term aleatoric music to his own pieces to distinguish them from the indeterminate music of John Cage, though both are often described as aleatory. While Boulez purposefully composed his pieces to allow the performer certain liberties with regard to the sequencing and repetition of parts, Cage often composed through the application of chance operations without allowing the performer liberties | |||
| not to be confused with "indeterminacy" or "improvisation" | |||
| "It is thus possible to make a musical composition the continuity of which is free of individual taste and memory (psychology) and also of the literature and "traditions" of the art ... Value judgments are not in the nature of this work as regards either composition, performance, or listening. The idea of relation (the idea: 2) being absent, anything (the idea: 1) may happen. A "mistake" is beside the point, for once anything happens it authentically is." John Cage (1912-1992) | |||
| Aleatorik | (German f.) aleatoric music, aleatoric techniques | ||
| aleatorio | (Spanish) aleatoric, random, uncertain | ||
| aleatório | (Portuguese) aleatoric, random, uncertain | ||
| aleatorisch | (German) aleatoric, depending on chance | ||
| aleatorische Musik | (German f.) aleatoric music | ||
| Aleatory | see 'aleatoric' | ||
| à l'écart | (French) out of the way | ||
| à l'écart de | (French) away from | ||
| aleccionador | (Spanish) instructive | ||
| aleccionamiento | (Spanish m.) instruction | ||
| aleccionar | (Spanish) instruct | ||
| à l'écoute | (French) listening in | ||
| à l'écoute de | (French) listening in to | ||
| à l'égard de | (French) with regard to, towards | ||
| Alegoria | (Spanish f.) allegory | ||
| alegórico | (Spanish) allegorical | ||
| Alegre | (Portuguese, Spanish) quick, lively, merry | ||
| Alegrías | or Alegria, a joyful flamenco dance, with twelve beats, from the province of Cádiz, that is the result of a 'flamenco-ised' Aragonese jota | ||
| Alegrias por rosa | or rosas, an Alegrías usually slow and melancholic that is played in E major | ||
| Alegro | (Portuguese, Spanish) allegro [entry suggested by Chad King] | ||
| alejado | (Spanish) distant | ||
| Alejamiento | (Spanish m.) removal, estrangement, distance | ||
| alejarse | (Spanish) move away | ||
| alelado | (Spanish) stupid | ||
| aleluya | (Spanish m./f.) alleluia | ||
| Alemán | (Spanish m.) German | ||
| alemán | (Spanish) German | ||
| Alemana | (Italian f., Spanish f.) allemande | ||
| Alemania | (Spanish f.) Germany | ||
| à l'endroit | (French) the right way round, right side out | ||
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| alentador | (Spanish) encouraging | ||
| à l'envers | (French) upside down, back to front (trousers, etc.), inside out (sock, etc.), umgekehrt (German), in Gegenbewegung (German) | ||
| à l'époque | (French) at the time | ||
| Alerce | (Spanish m.) larch | ||
| Alergia | (Spanish f.) allergy | ||
| alérgico | (Spanish) allergic | ||
| alerte | (French) agile | ||
| à l'essai | (French) on trial | ||
| Alessandrina | (Italian) a skipping dance from the region centred on Pavia | ||
| à l'étage | (French) upstairs | ||
| aletargado | (Spanish) lethargic | ||
| Aletargamiento | (Spanish m.) lethargy | ||
| Aletea | (Spanish, literally 'flutter') one of the many rasgueo or strumming techniques on the guitar | ||
| à l'etendard | (French) a military signal sounded by the standard, for troops to gather round the standard when it is under attack from the enemy | ||
| à l'étranger | (French) abroad | ||
| à l'étroit | (French) cramped, in straitened circumstances | ||
| A level | abbreviation of 'Advanced level' | ||
| Alexander technique | the Alexander Technique is a method that works to change (movement) habits in our everyday activities. It is a simple and practical method for improving ease and freedom of movement, balance, support and coordination. The technique teaches the use of the appropriate amount of effort for a particular activity, giving you more energy for all your activities. It is not a series of treatments or exercises, but rather a reeducation of the mind and body. The Alexander Technique is a method which helps a person discover a new balance in the body by releasing unnecessary tension. It can be applied to sitting, lying down, standing, walking, lifting, and other daily activities | ||
| Alexander-Technik | (German f.) or Alexandertechnik (German f.), Alexander technique | ||
| Alexandra Palace | also known affectionately as the 'Ally Pally', it is set in north London and was first opened on 24 May 1863 but sixteen days later it burnt down and had to be rebuilt. It was again badly damaged by fire in 1980 but after restoration it reopened in 1988. After the first rebuilding in 1875, it contained a concert hall, art galleries, a museum, a lecture hall, a library, a banqueting room and a theatre. The Willis organ installed in 1875 (vandalized in 1918, restored and re-opened in 1929) is still working, but its restoration is continuing. In its 1929 restored form, Father Willis's masterpiece was declared to be the finest concert-organ in Europe by Marcel Dupré | ||
| Alexandrian school | an academy of learning founded about 310 BC at Alexandria by Ptolemy I (Sotor) and Demetrius of Phaleron, especially noted for for its literary scholars, philosophers and mathematicians, particularly Euclid (fl. c.300 BC) and Ptolemaeus (2nd century AD). The city remained a centre of learning until the destruction of its library in 640 AD. The period when the Alexandiran school was active is called the Alexandrine age | ||
| Alexandrin | (French m.) Alexandrine | ||
| Alexandrine | Alexandriner (German m.), a 12-syllable line of verse known to date from the twelfth century and used for almost all French poetry from the sixteenth century when it was revived by Jean Antoine de Baiif, one of the seven poets known as the Pleiades. In English poetry it is often divided into two groups of six syllables (or feet), while in French poetry is is more usually divided into three groups of four syllables (feet). In English, the alexandrine is iambic hexameter | ||
| Alexandriner | (German m.) alexandrine | ||
| à l'exception de | (French) except for | ||
| Alexia | particularly 'musical alexia', a lost ability to read music | ||
| Alexie | (German f.) alexia | ||
| Alexithymia | a psychological disorder in which a person suffers from the inability to describe and/or cope with his feelings | ||
| Alexithymie | (German f.) alexithymia | ||
| à l'extérieur (de) | (French) outside | ||
| alfabetico | (Italian) alphabetical | ||
| alfabético | (Spanish) alphabetical | ||
| alfabetizar | (Spanish) teach to read and write | ||
| Alfabeto | (Italian m., Spanish m., literally 'alphabet') the five-course guitar, called 'the Spanish guitar' by the Italians, was probably introduced in Italy during the last quarter of the sixteenth century via the Spanish dominion of Naples. The proto-continuo notation for guitar known as alfabeto also emerged during this period, first in connection with the Napolitana, villanella, villanesca, canzonetta and other forms of light, strophic song - most of them native to Rome and Naples - and soon after in some of the earliest sources of monody. Indeed, the singular importance of traditional, south-Italian singing and accompanying practices in the rise of monody fuels the notion that the guitar and its Neapolitan alfabeto system were developed, first and foremost, to serve the stylistic requirements of early monody. The notation was known as alfabeto, because its originators employed the letters of the alphabet (and a few other signs) to represent specific finger patterns on the guitar's fingerboard, that is, specific block harmonies. Evidence points to alfabeto having been developed in Naples sometime during the mid-1580s | ||
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| Alfabeto falso | discords, passing notes placed between chords, whose introduction saw guitar repertoire develop from being purely chord-based to one where melodic line combined with strummed chords became free-voice counterpoint | ||
| Alfaia | a large wooden rope-tuned drum that features in maracatu nação (also known as maracatu de baque virado) an Afro-Brazilian performance genre | ||
| Alfandoque | South American maracas | ||
| Alfar | (Spanish m.) pottery | ||
| Al-farabi | see 'Farabi' | ||
| Alféizar | (Spanish m.) window-sill | ||
| Alferecia | (Spanish f.) epilepsy | ||
| Alfiler | (Spanish m.) pin | ||
| alfine | (Italian) eventually, in the end | ||
| al fine | (Italian) to the end | ||
| al fine e poi (la) coda | (Italian) to the end (where Fine is marked), then to the Coda (which will be marked as such) | ||
| Alfombra | (Spanish f.) carpet, rug, mat | ||
| Alfombrilla | (Spanish f.) rug, mat, German measles | ||
| Alfons | (German) Gilbert, Alphonsus (Latin) | ||
| Alforja | (Spanish f.) saddle-bag | ||
| al fresco | (Italian) in the open air, en plein air | ||
| sometimes written as a single word, alfresco | |||
| Algaita | Burmese folk shawm | ||
| Algarabia | (Spanish f.) gibberish, nonsense | ||
| Algarada | (Spanish f.) uproar | ||
| Algazara | (Spanish f.) uproar | ||
| algebraisch | (German) algebraic, algebraically | ||
| algebraische Funktion | (German f.) algebraic function | ||
| algebraischer Ausdruck | (German m.) algebraical expression | ||
| algebraisches Zeichen | (German n.) algebraical sign | ||
| Alger | (French m./f.) Algiers | ||
| Algerian hip hop | |||
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| Algérie | (French f.) Algeria | ||
| Algerien | (German n.) Algeria | ||
| algérien (m.), algérienne (f.) | (French) Algerian | ||
| Algerienfranzose | (German m.) pied noir (French) | ||
| Algerier (m.), Algerier (pl.), Algerierin (f.), Algerierinnen (f.pl.) | (German) Algerian | ||
| Algerino (m.), Algerina (f.) | (Italian) Algerian | ||
| algerino (m.), algerina (f.) | (Italian) Algerian | ||
| algerisch | (German) Algerian | ||
| Alghaita | North African folk shawm | ||
| álgido | (Spanish) decisive (figurative) | ||
| Algier | (German n.) Algiers | ||
| Algodón | (Spanish m.) cotton | ||
| Algodonero | (Spanish m.) cotton plant | ||
| Algodón hidrófilo | (Spanish m.) cotton wool | ||
| Algoja | an Indian duct flute | ||
| Algorithm | in mathematics and computer science, an algorithm is a procedure (a finite set of well-defined instructions) for accomplishing some task which, given an initial state, will terminate in a defined end-state. Informally, the concept of an algorithm is often illustrated by the example of a recipe, although many algorithms are much more complex; algorithms often have steps that repeat (iterate) or require decisions (such as logic or comparison). In most higher level programs, algorithms act in complex patterns, each using smaller and smaller sub-methods which are built up to the program as a whole. In most languages, they are isomorphic to functions or methods | ||
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| Algorithme | (French m.) algorithm | ||
| Algorithmen | German pl.) algorithms | ||
| Algorithmic composition | the technique of using algorithms to create music. Algorithms (or, at the very least, formal sets of rules) have been used to compose music for centuries; the procedures used to plot voice-leading in Western counterpoint, for example, can often be reduced to algorithmic determinacy. The term is usually reserved, however, for the use of formal procedures to make music without human intervention, either through the introduction of chance procedures or the use of computers. There is a radical distinction (both in terms of philosophy and in the heard result) between composers who use indeterminate (e.g. stochastic) procedures to compose music and those who use routines which produce deterministic results given a fixed input into the algorithm. Many algorithms that have no immediate musical relevance are used by composers as creative inspiration for their music. Algorithms such as fractals, L-systems, statistical models, and even arbitrary data (e.g. census figures, GIS coordinates, or magnetic field measurements) are fair game for musical interpretation. The success or failure of these procedures as sources of "good" music largely depends on the mapping system employed by the composer to translate the non-musical information into a musical data stream | ||
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| algorithmique | (French) algorithmic | ||
| algorithmisch | (German) algorithmically, algorithmic | ||
| Algorithmus (s.), Algorithmen (pl.) | (German m.) algorithm | ||
| algoritmico | (Spanish) algorithmic | ||
| Algoritmo | (Spanish m.) algorithm | ||
| Algozey | a wooden, beaked double-flute traditionally played by goat herders in the Punjab who hold a drone note creating a melodious, hypnotic sound. This instrument is used in the Bhangra dance form | ||
| alguien | (Spanish) someone, anyone, anybody | ||
| Alhaja | (Spanish f.) piece of jewellery | ||
| alhajar | (Spanish) deck with jewels, furnish | ||
| Alhambra | the name of a famous theatre and music-hall in Leicester Square, London built in Moorish style, named for the citadel and palace built at Granada in Spain by the Moorish kings in the thirteen century | ||
| Alharaca | (Spanish f.) fuss | ||
| Aliado | (Spanish m.) ally | ||
| aliado | (Spanish) allied | ||
| Alianza | (Spanish f.) alliance | ||
| Alias | (English, German m., from Latin, literally 'otherwise' or 'at another time') an assumed name, a link, a handle (US) | ||
| Alias-Effekt | (German m.) aliasing | ||
| Aliasing-Frequenz | (German f.) aliased frequency | ||
| Aliasname | (German m.) surrogate name | ||
| Alibi | (English, German n. from Latin, 'elsewhere') the plea of having been somewhere at the same time other than where a crime was committed | ||
| in modern usage, an excuse or pretext | |||
| Alibiaktion | (German f.) tokenism | ||
| Alibibeweis | (German m.) evidence of innocence based on an alibi | ||
| Alibi clock | a clock that chimes a different hour from that shown by the hands on its face | ||
| a libro aperto | (Italian) at sight, without having seen the score before, a primera vista (Spanish), a prima vista (Italian), vom Blatte (German), à livre ouvert (French), à première vue (French) | ||
| alicaido | (Spanish) weak, depressed | ||
| Alicates | (Spanish m. pl.) pliers | ||
| Alice band | a band worn accross the front of the top of the head holding hair from the face. Named after Alice (Alice in Wonderland) from Lewis Carroll’s classic book | ||
| Alice in Wonderland scheme/idea | a scheme/an idea that is unreal or totally impractical | ||
| alidominantti | (Finnish) subdominant | ||
| alienare | (Italian) alienate | ||
| Alienation | (English, German f.) the feeling of being alienated from other people | ||
| Aliénation | (French f.) alienation | ||
| Alienation effect | see Verfremdungseffekt | ||
| Aliéné (m.), Aliénée (f.) | (French) an insane person | ||
| aliéner | (French) to alienate, to give up | ||
| alienieren | (German) to alienate | ||
| alieno da | (Italian) opposed to | ||
| Aliento | (Spanish m.) breath, courage | ||
| Aligeramiento | (Spanish m.) lightening, alleviation | ||
| aligerar | (Spanish) make lighter, alleviate, ease | ||
| align. | abbreviation of 'alignment' | ||
| Alignement | (French m.) alignment | ||
| aligner | (French) line up (objects), make lines of, string together | ||
| aligner sur | (French) bring into line with | ||
| alignieren | (German) to align | ||
| Alignment | (German n.) alignment | ||
| alikeskisävel | (Finnish) submediant | ||
| aliment | (French) bread-and-butter (figurative) | ||
| alimentär | (German) nutritional, nutritionally | ||
| Alimentation | (English, German f.) the act or process of giving or receiving nourishment | ||
| Alimente | (German pl.) maintenance, alimony, affiliation payment | ||
| Alimentenklage | (German f.) alimony suit | ||
| Alimente zahlen | (German) to pay alimony | ||
| alimentieren | (German) to support | ||
| à l'impériale | (French) in the imperial manner | ||
| à l'improviste | (French) extempore, unexpectedly, on the spur of the moment | ||
| A–line | skirt or dress shape, very popular in the sixties, that kicks out from the bust or waist to make an ‘A’ shape silhouette | ||
| Alinéa | (French m.) paragraph | ||
| Alineación | (Spanish f.) alignment, line-up | ||
| alinear | (Spanish f.) align, line-up | ||
| alio modo | (Latin) 'in another way', 'in another manner', as, for example, a marking used to indicate an alternative arrangement or version | ||
| Aliquot | (Latin) so many | ||
| aliquoter Teil | (German m.) aliquot part | ||
| Aliquotierungsfaktor | (German m.) aliquot factor | ||
| Aliquot notes | (Latin, aliquot meaning 'several') harmonics, overtones, upper partials | ||
| Aliquot part | contained in a greater quantity an integral number of times | ||
| Aliquotsaite | (German f.) aliquot string, corda di risonanza (Italian f.), corde de résonance (French f.) | ||
| Aliquot scaling | the use of aliquot or sympathetic strings on a piano | ||
| Aliquot strings | (Latin, aliquot meaning 'several') extra sympathetic strings placed above the strings to be struck on a piano, used to add tonal lustre. These were first introduced in 1873 by the piano manufacturer Blüthner as a fourth string placed over the others from G above middle C | ||
| Aliquotton (s.), Aliquottöne (pl.) | (German m.) harmonic, partial, overtone | ||
| aliquottonen | (Dutch) also calledboventonen, the 'aliquot notes' produced by sympathetic vibration | ||
| Aliquot tones | (Latin, aliquot meaning 'several') harmonics, overtones, upper partials | ||
| Aliso | (Spanish m.) alder (tree) | ||
| Alistamiento | (Spanish m.) enrolment | ||
| alistar | (Spanish) put on a list | ||
| alistarse | (Spanish) enrol | ||
| à l'italiénne | (French) in the Italian style | ||
| Aliteración | (Spanish f.) alliteration | ||
| Alito | (Italian m.) breath | ||
| alitoonika | (Finnish) subtonic, leading note | ||
| aliviador | (Spanish) comforting | ||
| aliviar | (Spanish) lighten, relieve | ||
| aliviarse | (Spanish) diminish, get better | ||
| Alivio | (Spanish m.) relief | ||
| à livre ouvert | (French, literally 'at the opening of the book') at first sight (as 'to play or sing at sight'), a prima vista (Italian), a libro aperto (Italian), vom Blatte (German), à première vue (French), a primera vista (Spanish) | ||
| Alk | (German m.) booze (colloquial) | ||
| Alkali | (German n.) alkali | ||
| Alkalibatterie | (German f.) alkaline cell | ||
| alkalifrei | (German) non-alkali, alkali-free, non-alkaline | ||
| alkalihaltig | (German) alkaline | ||
| alkalisch | (German) basic, alkaline, alkali | ||
| Alkestis | (German) Alcestis (Euripides) | ||
| Alkohol | (German m.) alcohol, spirit (alcohol), booze (colloquial), grog (colloquial), spiritus (Latin) | ||
| Alkohol- oder Drogenmissbrauch am Steuer | (German m.) driving while intoxicated (DWI), driving under the influence (DUI) | ||
| Alkoholabhängigkeit | (German f.) alcohol dependency | ||
| Alkoholabusus | (German m.) alcohol abuse | ||
| alkoholarm | (German) low-alcohol | ||
| alkoholbedingt | (German) alcohol-related | ||
| Alkoholbrenner | (German m.) alcohol burner | ||
| Alkoholexzess | (German m.) binge drinking | ||
| Alkoholfahne | (German f.) smell of alcohol | ||
| alkoholfrei | (German) non-alcoholic, nonalcoholic, alcohol-free | ||
| alkoholfreie Getränke | (German pl.) soft drinks, non-alcoholic beverages | ||
| alkoholfreie Getränkeindustrie | (German f.) soft drink industry | ||
| alkoholfreies Getränk | (German n.) soft drink | ||
| Alkoholgegner (m.), Alkoholgegnerin (f.) | (German) teetotaller | ||
| Alkoholgehalt | (German m.) alcohol strength, alcohol content | ||
| alkoholhaltig | (German) alcohol-containing, containing alcohol | ||
| alkoholhaltiges Mischgetränk | (German n.) cocktail | ||
| Alkoholika | (German pl.) alcoholic beverages | ||
| Alkoholiker (m.), Alkoholikerin (f.) | (German) alcoholic | ||
| alkoholisch | (German) alcoholic, alcoholically | ||
| alkoholische Getränke | (German pl.) spirits, liquors, ardent spirits, alcoholic liquors, alcoholic beverages, alcoholic drinks | ||
| alkoholisches Getränk | (German n.) tipple (colloquial), alcoholic beverage, alcoholic drink, liquor | ||
| alkoholisches Getränk, mit Drogen versetzt | (German n.) Mickey | ||
| alkoholisches Mischgetränk | (German n.) cocktail | ||
| alkoholisiert | (German) inebriated, pickled (colloquial) | ||
| alkoholisierter Fahrer | (German m.) drunk driver, drunken driver | ||
| Alkoholismus | (German m.) alcoholism | ||
| Alkoholkonsum | (German m.) consumption of alcohol, alcohol intake | ||
| Alkoholkontrolle | (German f.) (roadside) breath test | ||
| alkoholkrank | (German) alcoholic (person) | ||
| Alkoholkrankheit | (German f.) alcoholism, alcohol addiction | ||
| alkohollöslich | (German) soluble in alcohol | ||
| Alkoholmissbrauch | (German m.) alcohol abuse | ||
| Alkoholpegel | (German m.) blood alcohol level | ||
| Alkoholproblem | (German n.) drinking problem, alcohol problem | ||
| Alkoholprohibition | (German f.) Prohibition (US 1920-1933) | ||
| Alkoholschmuggel | (German m.) bootlegging | ||
| Alkoholschmuggler (m.), Alkoholschmugglerin (f.) | (German) bootlegger, moonshiner | ||
| Alkoholsucht | (German f.) alcohol addiction, alcoholism | ||
| alkoholsüchtig | (German) addicted to alcohol, dipsomaniac, addicted to drink | ||
| Alkoholtest | (German m.) breathalyser test | ||
| Alkoholtestgerät | (German n.) breathalyser | ||
| Alkoholverbot | (German n.) ban on alcohol, Prohibition (US 1920-1933) | ||
| Alkoholwirkung | (German f.) effects of alcohol | ||
| Alkomat | (German m.) breathalyser | ||
| Alkotester | (German m.) breathalyser | ||
| Alkoven | (German m.) alcove | ||
| Alkuin | (German m.) Alcuin | ||
| alkyonisch | (German) halcyon | ||
| All | (German n.) universe, outer space | ||
| all(s) | abbreviation of alleluia(s) (Latin) | ||
| all' | (Italian) to the, at the, on the, with the, in the manner of, in the style of | ||
| alla | (Italian) to the, at the, on the, with the, in the manner of, in the style of | ||
| al before masculine words, alla before feminine words | |||
| allabendlich | (German) regular evening, every evening | ||
| alla breve |
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| see 'small alla breve', 'large alla breve' | |||
| see alla cappella | |||
| variations 10 and 22 of J S Bach's Golberg Variations both use imitative dialogue and are marked 'alla breve'. 'Alla breve' is often associated with works written in the stile antico, where imitation, both canonic and fugal, is a prominent feature. The term da cappella, used in German music of the eighteenth century, implied a work in this older stile antico, with imitative writing, and marked 'alla breve' (for example, several movemen |
