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фу́га — meaning in English

fuga

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English meaning

  • fugue noun A musical composition in which a melody is introduced by one voice and then echoed and layered by others.

Senses

фу́га is used for these senses in English:

  • fugue (music) A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody.
  • fugue Anything in literature, poetry, film, painting, etc., that resembles a fugue in structure or in its elaborate complexity and formality.
  • fugue state (psychiatry) A rare psychiatric disorder characterized by reversible amnesia for personal identity, including the memories, personality and other identifying characteristics of individuality.

fugue — full definition

  1. noun A musical composition in which a melody is introduced by one voice and then echoed and layered by others.
  2. noun A dissociative state in which a person may travel or act without full awareness, sometimes forgetting their identity.
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