Definitions For Anacrusis

Noun

736, with an anacrusis shown in red. (audio stream unavailable) ]] ANACRUSIS (plural 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

crusis

Translations

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 Japanese:

Etymology

Modern , from (Ancient Greek)  ἀνάκρουσις, , pushing up, from ἀνακρούω, , I push up, from ἀνά, , up + κρούω, , I strike.