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English
Etymology
From French roulade, from rouler (“to roll”), from Old French roler.
Pronunciation
Noun
roulade (plural roulades)
- (music) An elaborate embellishment of several notes sung to one syllable.
1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard: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: […]
1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 71:He heard only here and there the ecstatic burst of a mocking-bird's wonderful roulades.
- (cooking) A slice of meat that is rolled up, stuffed, and cooked.
Translations
An elaborate embellishment of several notes sung to one syllable
A slice of meat that is rolled up, stuffed, and cooked
Verb
roulade (third-person singular simple present roulades, present participle roulading, simple past and past participle rouladed)
- To sing an elaborate embellishment of several notes to one syllable.
Danish
Etymology
From French roulade.
Noun
roulade c (definite singular rouladen, indefinite plural roulader, definite plural rouladerne)
- Swiss roll (UK), jelly roll, jellyroll (US) (a cylindrical, rolled-up cake with a sweet filling)
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French
Etymology
From rouler + -ade.
Pronunciation
Noun
roulade f (plural roulades)
- roll, roly-poly (act of rolling forward or sidewards)
- roulade (dish)
- (music) roulade
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