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Meaning of Fugue | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈfyɡ

Definitions

  1. 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.

Equivalents

العربية فقدان الذّاكرة فُوغَا
Bosanski fuga
Català fuga
Čeština fuga
Dansk fuga
Deutsch Fuge
Ελληνικά φούγκα φυγή
Esperanto fugo
Español fuga
Eesti fuuga
فارسی فوگ
Suomi fuuga pakkovaellus
Français fugue fugue
Hrvatski fuga
Magyar fuga
Íslenska fúga
Italiano fuga
日本語 フーガ 遁走曲
ქართული ფუგა
한국어 푸가
Latina contrapunctus
Македонски фуга
Nederlands fuga
Polski fuga
Português fuga fugue
Română fugă
Русский фуга
Српски fuga
Svenska fuga
Türkçe füg

Examples

“Jacobsen's theory about the empty storehouse is still valid, for a myth never has one meaning only; a myth is a polyphonic fugue of many voices.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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See also

fugue state Fugues fuguist fugutoxin fuh sheezy Fuh-chau

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