fugue
Meaning of fugue
noun
- a contrapuntal composition in which a short melody or phrase (the subject) is introduced by one part and successively taken up by others and developed by interweaving the parts.
- a loss of awareness of one's identity, often coupled with flight from one's usual environment, associated with certain forms of hysteria and epilepsy.
late 16th century: from French, or from Italian fuga, from Latin fuga ‘flight’, related to fugere ‘flee’.
Information about fugue
- It is a name.
- The plural form of fugue is: fugues.
- Languages in which fugue is used:
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Hyphenation of fugue
fugue
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- fugue is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
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