roulade

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Pronunciation

/ɹuːˈlɑːd/ (UK)

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/ɹuːˈlɑːd/ (UK) · /ɹuˈlɑd/ (US)

Definition of roulade

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

An elaborate embellishment of several notes sung to one syllable.

“He leaned back in his chair, and little more than the whites of his upturned eyes were visible; and beating time upon the table with one hand, claw-wise, and with two or three queer, little thrills and roulades, which re-appeared with great precision in each verse, he delivered himself thus, in what I suspect was an old psalm tune: […]”
“He heard only here and there the ecstatic burst of a mocking-bird's wonderful roulades.”

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noun

An elaborate embellishment of several notes sung to one syllable.

“He leaned back in his chair, and little more than the whites of his upturned eyes were visible; and beating time upon the table with one hand, claw-wise, and with two or three queer, little thrills and roulades, which re-appeared with great precision in each verse, he delivered himself thus, in what I suspect was an old psalm tune: […]”
“He heard only here and there the ecstatic burst of a mocking-bird's wonderful roulades.”
A slice of meat that is rolled up, stuffed, and cooked.

verb

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From French roulade, from rouler (“to roll”), from Old French roler.

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