- a musical ornament consisting of a rapid succession of tones sung to one syllable
- a slice of meat rolled, usually with a filling of minced meat, and cooked
Origin of roulade
French from rouler, to rollroulade
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roulade
noun
- Music An embellishment consisting of a rapid run of several notes sung to one syllable.
- a. A slice of meat rolled around a filling and cooked.b. Any of various other dishes in which a flexible base layer is rolled up together with a soft filling.
Origin of roulade
French from rouler to roll from Old French roler ; see roll .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural roulades)
- (music) An elaborate embellishment of several notes sung to one syllable.
- A slice of meat that is rolled up, stuffed, and cooked.
Origin
From French roulade, from rouler (“to roll"), from Old French roler.
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