Venezuelans speak with a very musical cadence.
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Cadence
//ˈkeɪ.dn̩s//
Synonyms for "cadence" (174 found)
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Closest matches (35)
Strong matches (52)
counterpointcreticdactyldactylic hexameterdeclinedecurrencedevelopmentdiaeresisdimeterdipodydivisiondochmiacdroopelegiacelegiac coupletelegiac pentameterembellishmentemphasisepitriteexposition
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falderalfalse cadencefeminine caesurafigurefiorituraflightflourishfolderolfootgracegrace notehalf cadenceharmonic closeheptameterheptapodyheroic couplethexameterhexapodyiambiambiciambic pentameterictusimperfect cadenceincidentalincidental noteinterludeintermezzointroductory phraseionicjinglelapselevel of stress
Related words (87)
liltlong mordentloweringmasculine caesurameasuremetrical accentmetrical footmetrical groupmetrical unitmetricsmetronmixed cadencemolossusmoramordentmovementmusical phrasemusical sentencenumbersornament
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paeonpartpassagepentameterpentapodyperiodphraseplagal cadencepralltrillerprimary stressproceleusmaticprosodicsprosodypulsepyrrhicquantityrefrainregularityresolutionresponserhymerhythmrhythmic patternrhythmical stressritornellorouladerunsagsecondary stresssectionsingle mordentsinkageslumpspondeesprung rhythmstanzastatementstrainstressstress accentstress patternsubmergencesubsidenceswagswingsyzygytailpiecetempotertiary stresstetrametertetrapodytetrasemethesistribrachtrimetertripodytrisemetrocheeturntuttitutti passagevariationverseweak stress
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15 entriesTranslations
87 translations across 25 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- toonval noun (balanced, rhythmic flow)
Bulgarian
2 entries- модулация noun (modulation of the voice)
- такт noun (measure or beat of movement)
Catalan
1 entries- cadència noun (balanced, rhythmic flow)
Czech
2 entries- kadence noun ((music) chord progression concluding a section or piece)
- závěr noun ((music) chord progression concluding a section or piece)
Danish
4 entries- kadence noun ((military) sung chant)
- rytme noun (number of steps per minute)
- rytme noun ((cycling) number of revolutions per minute)
- tonegang noun (modulation of the voice)
Dutch
3 entries- cadans noun (balanced, rhythmic flow)
- cadans noun (modulation of the voice)
- cadans noun ((cycling) number of revolutions per minute)
Finnish
4 entries- kadenssi noun ((music) chord progression concluding a section or piece)
- kadenssi noun (dance move)
- kadenssi noun ((cycling) number of revolutions per minute)
- lopuke noun ((music) chord progression concluding a section or piece)
French
3 entries- cadence noun (measure or beat of movement)
- cadence noun ((music) chord progression concluding a section or piece)
- cadence noun ((music) an embellished cadenza)
Galician
1 entries- cadencia noun (balanced, rhythmic flow)
German
4 entries- Gleichschritt noun (dance move)
- Kadenz noun ((music) chord progression concluding a section or piece)
- Kadenz noun (number of steps per minute)
- Kadenz noun ((military) sung chant)
Indonesian
1 entries- kadensa noun (modulation of the voice)
Italian
4 entries- andamento noun (balanced, rhythmic flow)
- cadenza noun (measure or beat of movement)
- cadenza noun (balanced, rhythmic flow)
- intervallo noun (measure or beat of movement)
Macedonian
4 entries- модула́ција noun (modulation of the voice)
- па́ѓање noun (fall in inflection)
- ри́там noun (balanced, rhythmic flow)
- спу́штање noun (fall in inflection)
Māori
4 entries- ia noun (measure or beat of movement)
- ia noun (balanced, rhythmic flow)
- rauoro pārīrā noun ((music) chord progression concluding a section or piece)
- tatūnga noun (measure or beat of movement)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- pedaltakt noun ((cycling) number of revolutions per minute)
- tråkkfrekvens noun ((cycling) number of revolutions per minute)
Norwegian Nynorsk
3 entries- pedaltakt noun ((cycling) number of revolutions per minute)
- trakkfrekvens noun ((cycling) number of revolutions per minute)
- tråkkfrekvens noun ((cycling) number of revolutions per minute)
Polish
1 entries- kadencja noun ((music) chord progression concluding a section or piece)
Portuguese
3 entries- cadência noun (balanced, rhythmic flow)
- pedalagem noun ((cycling) number of revolutions per minute)
- ritmo noun (balanced, rhythmic flow)
Romanian
4 entries- cadență noun (balanced, rhythmic flow)
- cadență noun ((music) chord progression concluding a section or piece)
- ritm noun (balanced, rhythmic flow)
- ritm noun ((cycling) number of revolutions per minute)
Russian
4 entries- каденс noun ((cycling) number of revolutions per minute)
- каденция noun ((music) chord progression concluding a section or piece)
- пониже́ние noun (fall in inflection)
- частота́ f педалирования noun ((cycling) number of revolutions per minute)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- dùnadh noun ((music) chord progression concluding a section or piece)
Spanish
4 entries- cadencia noun (measure or beat of movement)
- cadencia noun (balanced, rhythmic flow)
- cadencia noun (modulation of the voice)
- cadencia noun ((music) chord progression concluding a section or piece)
Swedish
4 entries- kadens noun ((music) chord progression concluding a section or piece)
- rytm noun (balanced, rhythmic flow)
- röstsänkning noun (modulation of the voice)
- takt noun (measure or beat of movement)
Tagalog
1 entries- ragsak noun ((music) chord progression concluding a section or piece)
Ukrainian
1 entries- каде́нція noun ((music) chord progression concluding a section or piece)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
I love the cadence of your poem.
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It's hard for me to get the cadence right when I speak Spanish.
Source: tatoeba (9930928)
Still, Sergeant Turner’s show, broadcast from his teaching kitchen at Fort Lee, Virginia, has its military cadence, although peppered with more humor than your average drill sergeant.
Source: tatoeba (11226756)
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