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Definition: Coda |
CodaNoun1. The closing section of a musical composition. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "coda" was first used: 1753. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
CODA | English | Central Office of Delay Analysis | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: CodaSynonym: finale (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Coda |
| English words defined with "coda": Codetta ♦ Stretto. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "coda": Cow's Tail. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "coda": Codetta. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Coda" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (coda), Italian (line, queue, tail, train). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | Chop another line like a coda with a curse, (Semi-Charmed Life; performing artist: Third Eye Blind) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Quando le donne persero la coda (1971) La Coda dello scorpione (1971) Quando le donne avevano la coda (1970) La Coda del diavolo (1964) In coda della coda (1989) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| "Coda" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 75.47% of the time. "Coda" is used about 53 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 (singular) | 75.47% | 40 | 54,274 |
| Noun (proper) | 24.53% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Total | 100.00% | 53 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "coda" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Coda | Last name | 170 | 44,233 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "coda": coda-ias. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "coda"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | المقطع الختامي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | кода. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 結尾 (ending, wind up). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | coda. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | koda. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kóda. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ゲリラ兵 (calking, caulking, caution, coach, coach's box, coaster, coat, coating, coding, coding system, cogeneration, cogeneration system, Coke, Coke highball, coordinate, coordination, coordinator, corduroy, corkscrew, corselet, cortisone, course, course of study, course record, courseware, gel, gene, Gentzen, germane, germanium, guerrilla, lane marks, money, money pinch, ski slope, tennis court). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | コーダ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | odacay кода. (various references) završetak (completion, conclusion, end, termination, wind up). (various references) koda (code, encode). (various references) koda. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | cauda. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "coda": codable, codas. (additional references) | |
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"Coda" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bodda, Cada, cadd, Cadwa, Cbde, cccdna, ccd, cde, cdma, Cdo, Cdpa, cdsa, ceda, cedae, cedav, cedax, cedi, choad, choda, ciad, cida, Cidhal, Cidi, ciod, cioda, ckd, cmod, coa, coad, coav, Coba, codae, codal, codan, Codar, codax, Codazzi, codd, codec, codek, codeu, Codham, codi, codo, Codul, cofa, coga, cohab, comdap, cona, condi, coode, cooga, copa, corda, cosa, Cota, Cotac, couda, coude, cova, cowa, Cowap, coxa, Crda, croad, croda, cuda, Cudi, cudo, cufa, Cuidad, Cydia, doda, Godda, Goddag, ioda, joda, kada, keda, Khodja, koda, kode, Kuda, Ocadu, ocd, ocdna, oda, Odda, Ooda, pcdma, voda, yoda. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "coda" (pronounced kō"du) |
| 3 | -ō" d u | pagoda, soda. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-o" | |
-1 letter: ado, cad, cod, doc, oca. | |
-2 letters: ad, do, od. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-o" | |
+1 letter: acold, codas, octad. | |
+2 letters: accord, acnode, anodic, candor, canoed, chador, coaled, coated, coaxed, codeia, cohead, colead, comade, coward, dacoit, deacon, modica, octads, zodiac. | |
+3 letters: abscond, acaroid, accords, acnodes, alcoved, avocado, brocade, cabildo, cacodyl, cactoid, cajoled, calando, caldron, cameoed, candors, candour, cantdog, cardoon, carload, caroled, caromed, carotid, cathode, celadon, chadors, chordal, cladode, cloaked, coached, coacted, coadmit, coapted, coasted, cockade, codable, codeias, codeina, coheads, coleads, collard, command, comrade, congaed, conidia, cordage, cordate, cordial, cordoba, corrade, corrida, costard, cotidal, couvade, cowards, cowhand, croaked, crusado, cruzado, czardom, dacoits, dacoity, daglock, deacons, decagon, decalog, decapod, dockage, dogcart, dogface, domical, factoid, gonadic, haddock, located, monacid, monadic, nodical, nomadic, nonacid, octadic, orchard, oxyacid, paddock, padlock, parodic, peascod, pedocal, picador, placoid, poached, pochard, redcoat, roached, sarcoid, scalado, solaced, tacnode, zodiacs. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 64 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- -.. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01100100 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o d a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 0064 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37817067 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Abbreviations | 13. Acronyms 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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