Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

encore

/ˈɑnkoɹ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.39 in modern English

Syllables: en-core
IPA: /ˈɑnkoɹ/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.

noun

A call or demand (as by continued applause) for a repeat performance.

intj

Please perform again!

verb

To call for an extra performance or repetition of, or by.

Transitive verb

verb

To call for an encore.

Intransitive verb

verb

To perform an encore.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"To play an encore."
"Can I get an encore? We want more!"
"The encores were numerous."
"to encore a performer"
"to encore a song"
"In youth we encore the sentiment, 'Oh, bless my country, Heaven! he said, and died:' but, as we advance in life, we think, 'How weak it is to pity Cato's case, Who might have lived, and had a handsome place!'"

Etymology

Borrowed from French encore (“more, again”), and once used in this sense.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: encore

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɑnkoɹ/
British English: /ˈɒŋkɔː/

Usage

Inflected Forms

encores (plural) encore! (canonical) encores (present, singular) encoring (participle, present) encored (participle, past) encored (past)

Derived Forms

unencored

Questions

How do you pronounce encore?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɑnkoɹ/.
What does encore mean?: A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.
Where does encore come from?: It is traced to French.

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