Definitions For Anacrusis
Noun
736, with an anacrusis shown in red. (audio stream unavailable) ]] {{en-noun, anacruses}} (prosody) An unstressed syllable at the start of a verse. (music) An unstressed note or notes before the first strong beat (or downbeat) of a phrase.Related terms
crusisTranslations
Catalan: anacrusi, f Finnish: esitahti, anakruusi German: Auftakt, m Italian: anacrusi, f Portuguese: anacruse, f Russian: анакру́за, f Catalan: anacrusi, f Chinese: : Mandarin: 弱起 (ruò qĭ) Dutch: opmaat Finnish: nousutahti French: anacrouse, f German: Auftakt, m, Anakrusis, f Italian: anacrusi, f Portuguese: anacruse, f Russian: зата́кт, m Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: у̏зма̄х, m : Roman: ȕzmāh, m Spanish: anacrusa, f Swedish: upptakt, c {{checktrans-top}} Japanese: {{t-check, ja, 弱起, tr=じゃっき, jakki}}Etymology
Modern {{etyl, la, en}}, from (Ancient Greek) ἀνάκρουσις, , pushing up, from ἀνακρούω, , I push up, from ἀνά, , up + κρούω, , I strike.Is Anacrusis a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
11
Words with Friends
14
The word Anacrusis is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends