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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian cadenza or via German Kadenz (itself from Italian), from Latin cadentia. Doublet with kans, sjans and cadans.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaːˈdɛns/
- Hyphenation: ca‧dens
- Rhymes: -ɛns
Noun
cadens f (plural cadensen, diminutive cadensje n)
- (music) cadence (progression of chords closing a piece or section)
- (music) cadenza (closing embellishment)
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of cadō (“fall”)
Pronunciation
Participle
cadēns (genitive cadentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- falling
- of sun, moon, stars: setting
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.80-81:
- Post, ubi dīgressī, lūmenque obscūra vicissim
lūna premit suādentque cadentia sīdera somnōs, .- Afterward, when have departed, and a dim moon in turn hides her light, and the setting stars induce sleep, .
(Cf. Aeneid 2.9.)
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
Descendants