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Showing words for CADENZA using the English dictionary
7 Letter Words for Cadenza
cadenza
6 Letter Words for Cadenza
adance, ecanda
5 Letter Words for Cadenza
acned, anzac, caned, dance, decan
4 Letter Words for Cadenza
acad, aced, acne, aden, adze, ance, anda, azan, cade, cand, cane, caza, dace, dana, dane, daze, dean, ecad, ezan, nace, nada, naze, zend
3 Letter Words for Cadenza
ace, adc, ade, ana, anc, and, ane, cad, can, cen, dae, dan, dca, dea, dec, den, dna, ead, ean, enc, end, naa, nad, nae, nea, ned, zac, zad, zea, zed, zen
Definitions for Cadenza
[1] an elaborate flourish or showy solo passage, sometimes improvised, introduced near the end of an aria or a movement of a concerto.
[2] a virtuoso solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music, formerly improvised by the soloist but now usually specially composed
[3] Southern African informal a fit or convulsion
Words nearby Cadenza
cadenced, cadency, cadent, cadent house, cadential, cadenza, cadet, cadet cloth, cadette, cadge, cadger
Origin of Cadenza
1745–55; < Italian < Vulgar Latin *cadentia a falling, equivalent to Latin cad(ere ) to fall + -entia -ency; cf. chance
Word origin for Cadenza
C19: from Italian; see cadence