Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

through-composed

/θruːkəmˈpoʊzd/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables: through--com-posed
IPA: /θruːkəmˈpoʊzd/

29

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a song, composed so that each stanza may have different music, rather than the same being repeated for all of them.

Etymology

Calque of German durchkomponiert.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /θruːkəmˈpoʊzd/
British English: /θruːkəmˈpəʊzd/

Inflected Forms

throughcomposed (alternative)

Antonyms

strophic

Questions

How do you pronounce through-composed?: The recorded pronunciation is /θruːkəmˈpoʊzd/.
What does through-composed mean?: Of a song, composed so that each stanza may have different music, rather than the same being repeated for all of them.
Where does through-composed come from?: Calque of German durchkomponiert.

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