coda
French, noun/kɔ.da/
coda is spelled C-O-D-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 72,190th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coda is a French feminine noun meaning “coda” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular past historic of coder. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Passage final d’un morceau de musique ou d’un mouvement, conclusion, postlude”.
What does coda mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecoda
- 2
femininea syllable coda
verb
- 1
third-person singular past historic of coder
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Passage final d’un morceau de musique ou d’un mouvement, conclusion, postlude. 2. Signe, en forme de cercle superposé à un signe « plus », auquel l’interprète se réfère pour jouer le passage final. 3. Une ou plusieurs consonnes suivant le noyau vocalique dans une syllabe.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of coda
- codas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coda?
- /kɔ.da/
- \kɔ.da\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to coda
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is coda in French?
coda appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).