caesura

Signification (Anglais)

1. A pause or interruption in a poem, music, building, or other work of art.
2. (Classical) Using two words to divide a metrical foot.
3. The caesura mark ‖ or ||.
4. (rare) A break of an era or other measure of history and time; where one era ends and another begins; turning point.

Concepts

césure

Synonymes

pause

cesura

cross section

cut

cutting

halftime

incision

intermission

lapse

lull

pit stop

relief

respite

rest

scission

break

section

cease

Traductions

cesura

cesura

cesura

cesura

Zäsur

cesuur

durgu

Binnenpause

-en

Ruhepunkt

cese

caesuras

τομή

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/sɪˈzjʊəɹə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Latin caesūra (“cutting, hewing”), from caesus, perfect passive participle of caedō (“I cut down, hew”).