Roulade
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɹuːˈlɑːd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Roulade is a noun meaning (music) An elaborate embellishment of several notes sung to one syllable.
Meaning
(music) An elaborate embellishment of several notes sung to one syllable.
More Meanings
- (cooking) A slice of meat that is rolled up, stuffed, and cooked.
- To sing an elaborate embellishment of several notes to one syllable.
Example Sentences
He heard only here and there the ecstatic burst of a mocking-bird's wonderful roulades.
He leaned back in his chair, and little more than the whites of his upturned eyes were visible; and beating time upon the table with one hand, claw-wise, and with two or three queer, little thrills and roulades, which re-appeared with great precision in each verse, he delivered himself thus, in what I suspect was an old psalm tune: […]
Word Forms
- roulades
- roulading
- rouladed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rondle, roundel, rouleau, rondel, roule, rondo.
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