Tchaikovsky

Definition: Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky

Noun

1. Russian composer whose works are noted for their expressive melodies (1840-1893).

Synonyms: Tchaikovsky

Synonyms: Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky (n), Peter Tchaikovsky (n), Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky (n), Pyotr Tchaikovsky (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Tchaikovsky

English words defined with "Tchaikovsky": Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Peter Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Tchaikovsky. (references)

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Modern Usage: Tchaikovsky

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	No more Tchaikovsky! No more borscht! (Ninotchka; writing credit: Melchior Lengyel; Charles Brackett)
Movie/TV Titles	Gala Tribute to Tchaikovsky (1993) A Tchaikovsky Cycle (1991)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Tchaikovsky

Domain	Title
Books	Balanchine's Tchaikovsky (reference) Peter Tchaikovsky (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers) (reference) Tchaikovsky Piano Conc #1 (reference) Pathetic Symphony: A Novel About Tchaikovsky (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker (American Ballet Theatre) (reference) Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake (Matthew Bourne) (reference) Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2/ Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 (reference) Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto/ Piano Concerto No. 1 (reference) Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty / Durante, Solymosi, Dowell, Royal Ballet (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Tchaikovsky At Tea Time: A Refreshing Blend For Body And Spirit (reference) Favourite Tchaikovsky (reference) Han-Na Chang ~ Debut Recording - Tchaikovsky � Saint-Sa�ns � Fauré � Bruch / LSO � Rostropovich (reference) Tchaikovsky - Mazeppa / Leiferkus � Gorchakova � Kotscherga � Dyadkova � Larin � Pederson � Margison � Zednik � Neeme J�rvi (reference) Tchaikovsky Naturally (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Tchaikovsky

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Familiar Quotations: Tchaikovsky

Author	Quotation
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky	Brahms has very little melodic invention . . . he excites and irritates our musical senses without wishing to satisfy them.
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Usage Frequency: Tchaikovsky

"Tchaikovsky" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tchaikovsky" is used about 157 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	157	25,059

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Tchaikovsky

Expressions using "Tchaikovsky": Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ♦ Peter Tchaikovsky ♦ Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky ♦ Pyotr Tchaikovsky. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Tchaikovsky

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
tchaikovsky	352
peter tchaikovsky	49
biography on tchaikovsky	21
peter ilyich tchaikovsky	12
tchaikovsky 1812 overture	9
tchaikovsky picture	8
midi tchaikovsky	8
tchaikovsky music	7
tchaikovsky swan lake	7
peter ilich tchaikovsky	6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Tchaikovsky

Language		Translations for "Tchaikovsky"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Japanese Kanji		チフス菌 (a channel, chaff, chalk, Chalmers, champion, champion flag, championship belt, chance, channel, channelling, chapel, chapter, charge, charity, Charleston, charm, charm point, charming, chart, chart file, charter, chat, chattering, child, child seat, chime, China, Chinese, Chinese collar, chunk, church, key-bounce, Mandarin collar, most attractive feature, opportunity, pennant, self-challenge, Tibet, trying hard to do something, typhoid bacillus, zipper). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		チャイコフスキー . (various references)

Pig Latin		aikovskytchay.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Tchaikovsky

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-h-i-k-k-o-s-t-v-y"
	-4 letters: isotach, kitschy.
	-5 letters: cavity, coatis, coyish, havocs, hoicks, khakis, kishka, kitsch, kyacks, ovisac, schtik, scotia, shacko, shtick, sticky, stocky, thacks, thicks, tokays, toyish, yachts, yoicks.
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