coda.
A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.
Meaning & usage
A passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.
The optional final sound of a syllable or word, occurring 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.
In seismograms, the gradual return to baseline after a seismic event. The length of the coda can be used to estimate event magnitude, and the shape sometimes reveals details of subsurface structures.
A conclusion (of a statement or event, for example), final portion, tail end.
A series of clicks used by sperm whales for communicating with each other.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Italian coda (literally “tail”), from Latin cauda. Doublet of queue and cola.
Alternative spelling of CODA.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.