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fugue

/fˈjuːɡ/FYOOG
/fˈjuɡ/FYOOG

Meaninga flight

Common meaning: a piece in which a tune is chased through the voices

Journey through time

  1. Latinfugiō, fūgī‘to flee, run away’
  2. Italianfugasource
  3. Englishfugue‘a piece in which a tune is chased through the voices’ · today

fug also in: fugitiverefugerefugee

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin fugiō ‘to flee, run away’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry fugiō, p. 788 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

fugitiverefugerefugee

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