Feminine

variation

Meaning

  1. (feminine) variation
  2. (feminine) variation (technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass)

Frequency

25k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/va.ʁja.sjɔ̃/
Etymology

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin variātiō. By surface analysis, varier + -ation. See also véraison.

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