anacruse
Portuguese, noun/a.naˈkɾu.zi/
anacruse is spelled A-N-A-C-R-U-S-E (8 letters). Anacruse is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “anacrusis ((music) an unstressed note (or notes) before the first strong beat of a phrase)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ausência de tempos no primeiro compasso de uma música os quais são, geralmente, completados no final (último…”.
What does anacruse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineanacrusis ((music) an unstressed note (or notes) before the first strong beat of a phrase)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ausência de tempos no primeiro compasso de uma música os quais são, geralmente, completados no final (último compasso da sequência ou da música)
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of anacruse
- anacruses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anacruse?
- Brazil /a.naˈkɾu.zi/
- Portugal /ɐ.nɐˈkɾu.zɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anacruse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.