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Definition: Contrapuntal |
ContrapuntalAdjective1. Relating to or characteristic of or according to the rules of counterpoint; "contrapuntal base". 2. (music) having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "contrapuntal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1980. (references) |
Etymology: Contrapuntal \Con`tra*pun"tal\, adjective. [Italian contrappunto counterpoint. See Counterpoint.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: ContrapuntalSynonym: polyphonic (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: monophonic (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Contrapuntal |
| English words defined with "contrapuntal": canon, chordal. (references) |
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| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | A typical Baroque piano piece played in a contrapuntal manner. | | An excerpt featuring arpeggios in a contrapuntal manner. |
| Flying arrows with heavy bass and contrapuntal internal accompaniment. | | A highly contrapuntal work very reminiscent of a Bach style. |
| A contrapuntal synthesized strings excerpt. | | A contrapuntal string and tympani film cue introduction. |
| A series of bells being played in a contrapuntal manner. | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| "Contrapuntal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 95.35% of the time. "Contrapuntal" is used about 43 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 95.35% | 41 | 53,521 |
| Noun (proper) | 4.65% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 43 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bach contrapuntal piece | 4 |
contrapuntal | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "contrapuntal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | طباقي (antithetic, antithetical, disjunctive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | en contrepoint. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kontrapunktisch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | συναρμονισμένοσ, αντιστικτικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ellenpontozott. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | contrappuntistico. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | contraphoyntagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ontrapuntalcay relativo ao contraponto, polifônico (polyphonic). (various references) referitor la contrapunct. (various references) контрапунтический, контрапунктический. (various references) de contrapunto. (various references) kontrapunktisk. (various references) kontrapuan ile ilgili. (various references) контрапунктний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "contrapuntal": contrapuntally. (additional references) | |
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"Contrapuntal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Contrapunctus, contrapuntalism. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "contrapuntal" (pronounced 'Con`tra*pun"tal'): Abettal, Abuttal, Aconital, Acquittal, Alimental, Aliseptal, Antenatal, Antisacerdotal, Aplacental, Argental, Argumental, Assonantal, Atlantal, Attal, Bidental, Brutal, Cliental, Coincidental, Committal, Complemental, Complimental, Consonantal, Costal, fatal, festal, fetal, firmamental, foetal, fragmental, Glottal, governmental, horizontal, implemental, incremental, instrumental, intercontinental, intercostal, Linguidental, Meatal, Medicamental, Mercaptal, Momental, monumental, Nasofrontal, Nasoseptal, Natal, Nidamental, Noncommittal, Notal, Nutrimental. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-l-n-n-o-p-r-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: connatural. | |
-3 letters: cantaloup, nocturnal, plutocrat, portulaca. | |
-4 letters: actuator, autocrat, calutron, cannular, cantonal, catapult, coplanar, octantal, patronal, trapunto, turncoat. | |
-5 letters: anconal, annatto, annular, arnatto, caltrap, caltrop, cannula, cantrap, caporal, cattalo, copular, cornual, courant, courlan, lacunar, lupanar, natural, nocturn, outplan, plantar, tactual. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-l-n-n-o-p-r-t-t-u" | |
+2 letters: contrapuntally. | |
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