Complete Definition of "encore"

wikipedia|dab=encore
English

Etymology
From F. term|lang=fr|encore||again.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-encore.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

  1. A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.

#:To play an encore.

Translations
trans-top|brief extra performance after the main performance is complete
Finnish: encore, ylimääräinen numero
French: t+|fr|rappel|m
trans-mid
Italian: t+|it|bis|m
Spanish: t+|es|bis|m
trans-bottom

Interjection
en-intj|pos=Encore!

  1. context|said by audience members after a performance Please perform again!

Translations
trans-top|please perform again
trans-mid
Spanish: t-|es|otra|alt¡Otra!, t+|es|bis|alt¡Bis!
trans-bottom

Category:English borrowed words


French

Etymology
L.|fr "during hour" (cognate with Italian term|ancora)

Pronunciation
IPA|/��.k��/
audio|fr-encore.ogg|Audio (France)

Adverb
infl|fr|adverb

  1. still

#: Vous êtes encore là?
#:: �Are you still here?�

  1. more

#:Voulez-vous encore du pain?
#::�Would you like more bread?�
#: T'en veux encore?
#:: �You want some more?�

  1. again

#:encore une fois � �once again�

Synonyms
sense|still toujours

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