Coda Definition

kōdə
noun
A more or less independent passage added to the end of a section or composition so as to reinforce the sense of conclusion.
Webster's New World
The concluding passage of a movement or composition.
American Heritage
Something coming after or at the end.
Webster's New World
A conclusion or closing part of a statement.
American Heritage

(linguistics) The optional final part of a syllable, placed after its nucleus, and usually composed of one or more consonants.

The word salts has three consonants — /l/, /t/, and /s/ — in its coda, whereas the word glee has no coda at all.
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Other Word Forms of Coda

Noun

Singular:
coda
Plural:
codas

Origin of Coda

  • Acronym for child of deaf adults.

    From Wiktionary

  • Italian from Latin cauda tail

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Italian coda

    From Wiktionary

Coda Sentence Examples

  • Think about it, golf in the morning, wine tasting in the afternoon and a massage to serve as a coda to the day.

  • Before our coda, allow us to sing one last refrain.

  • This fast tempo returns, finally, to provide a coda.

  • There is a final coda to this strange tale.

  • Paul Davies chairs a debate between proponents of each theory, adding a coda of his own.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOD

Words Ending With

ADAODA

Unscrambles

coda

Words Starting With C and Ending With A

Starts With C & Ends With AStarts With CO & Ends With AStarts With C & Ends With DA

Word Length

4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With C4 Letter Words Ending With A