encore

English

"Encore" message during the showMonty Python Live (Mostly)in 2014.

Etymology

Borrowed fromFrenchencore(“more, again”),and once used in this sense.

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/ˈɒŋkɔː/,/ˈɒ̃kɔː/
• (US)IPA^(key):/ˈɑnkɔɹ/,/ˈɑŋkɔɹ/

• Audio(US):

  (file)

• Hyphenation:en‧core

Noun

encore(pluralencores)

1. A brief extraperformance,done after the main performance is complete.

   To play anencore.

   Can I get anencore?We want more!

2. A call or demand (as by continuedapplause) for a repeat performance.

   Theencoreswere numerous.

Translations

brief extra performance after the main performance is complete

• Albanian:bis(sq)m
• Bulgarian:бисm(bis)
• Catalan:bis(ca)m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:An nhưng(zh)(ānkě),An ca(zh)(āngē),Ân nhưng(ēnkě)

• Czech:přídavek(cs)m
• Dutch:toegift(nl)f,bisnummern
• Estonian:lisapala
• Finnish:encore(fi),ylimääräinennumero
• French:bis(fr)m
• German:Zugabe(de)f
• Hebrew:הַדְרָן(he)m(hadrán)
• Hungarian:ráadás(hu)
• Italian:bis(it)m
• Japanese:アンコール(ja)(ankōru)
• Korean:앙코르(ko)(angkoreu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish:dubare(ku)

• Lithuanian:bisasm
• Manx:aagherrymm
• Maori:turuki,turukitanga
• Norwegian:ekstranummern
• Polish:bis(pl)m
• Portuguese:bis(pt)m
• Romani:májoprécsunél
• Romanian:bis(ro)n
• Russian:биси́рованиеf(bisírovanije),исполне́ние на бисf(ispolnénije na bis)
• Scottish Gaelic:tuilleadhm,ath-ghairmf
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:би̏сm

  Roman:bȉs(sh)m

• Spanish:bis(es)m
• Swedish:extranummer(sv)n
• Tagalog:pag-ulit
• Thai:อังกอร์(xngkxr)
• Vietnamese:bài hát lại,điệu múa lại

a call for a repeat performance

• Catalan:bis(ca)m
• French:bis(fr)m,rappel(fr)m
• Greek:πρόσκληση(el)f(prósklisi)
• Portuguese:bis(pt)m
• Romanian:bis(ro)n
• Russian:вы́зов на бисm(výzov na bis)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:би̏сm

  Roman:bȉs(sh)m

Interjection

encore!

1. (said by audience members after a performance)Please perform again!

Translations

please perform again

• Albanian:bis!(sq)
• Bulgarian:бис!(bis!)
• Esperanto:bis!(eo)
• French:bis!(fr)
• German:Zugabe!(de),da capo!(de)
• Hungarian:vissza!(hu)
• Ido:bis!(io)
• Italian:bis!(it)
• Japanese:アンコール!(ja)(ankōru!)
• Lithuanian:pakartot!
• Manx:reesht!
• Ngarrindjeri:kay hey!
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:mere!(no)

• Persian:دوباره!(phát)(dobâre!)
• Polish:bis!(pl)
• Portuguese:bis!(pt)
• Romanian:bis!(ro)
• Russian:бис!(ru)(bis!)
• Spanish:¡otra!,¡bis!
• Telugu:శాబాసు!(śābāsu!),భళిర!(bhaḷira!),భళీ!(bhaḷī!)
• Turkish:bir daha!(tr),(colloquially)bi daha!
• Vietnamese:nữa!(vi),hát lại!,múa lại!

Verb

encore(third-person singular simple presentencores,present participleencoring,simple past and past participleencored)

1. (transitive)To call for an extraperformanceorrepetitionof, or by.

   toencorea performer

   toencorea song

2. (intransitive)To call for an encore.
3. (intransitive)To perform an encore.
   • 1837,L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “An Allusion to the Past”, inEthel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides.[…],volume II, London:Henry Colburn,[…],→OCLC,page49:

     In youth weencorethe 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!'

   • 2011,Bill Dahl,Motown: The Golden Years: More than 100 rare photographs,page304:

     Theyencoredwith a cover of the Beatles' “Blackbird,” “The Bigger You Love” in 1970, and “Ha Ha Ha” in early '71.

   • 2011,Smitty Herron,Music's Golden Frontier:

     Truly unbelievable. Left us all gasping for breath, and wanting more. I think theyencoredtwice, but twenty encores would have been too few.

Derived terms

• unencored

Translations

to call for an encore

• French:bisser(fr)
• Polish:bisowaćimpf

to perform an encore

• French:bisser(fr)
• Polish:bisowaćimpf

Further reading

• encoreon Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Cerone,Creone

French

Etymology

Probably fromOld Frenchancor,fromLate Latininhanchōram(“until this hour”).CompareCatalanandOccitanencara,Italianancora.Sense 5is asemantic loanfromGermannoch(adverb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɑ̃.kɔʁ/

• Audio(France):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-ɔʁ

Adverb

encore

1. still

   Synonym:toujours

   Êtes-vousencorelà?―Are youstillthere?

2. more

   Synonym:davantage

   Voulez-vousencoredu pain?―Would you likemorebread?

   Tu en veuxencore?―Do you want somemore?

3. again

   Synonym:à nouveau

   Écris-leencoreune fois!―Write it onceagain!

4. (after the adverbpas)yet,not yet

   Je n’aipasencorefini.―I haven't finishedyet.

6. (Alsace)again(following a question)

   Synonym:déjà

Derived terms

• encore et encore
• encore et toujours
• encore heureux
• encore que
• encore une fois
• et encore
• et puis quoi encore
• mais encore
• pas encore
• passe encore
• quoi encore

Descendants

• →English:encore
• →Esperanto:ankoraŭ(partly)
• Haitian Creole:ankò

Further reading

• “encore”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Anagrams

• coréen,Coréen
• cornée
• écorne,écorné

Galician

Verb

encore

1. inflection ofencorar:
   1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
   2. third-personsingularimperative