was wotd|2006|September|4
English

Pronunciation
IPA|/si�zj��r�/ (RP)
IPA|/si�zj�r�/ (US)
audio|en-us-caesura.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
L., from the supine of term|caedere||to cut down.

Noun
en-noun|s|pl2=caesurae

1. A pause or interruption in a poem, music, building or other work of art.
2. In Classical prosody, using two words to divide a metrical foot.

Translations
trans-top|a pause or interruption
Bosnian: cezura f
Catalan: cesura f
Croatian: cezura f
Finnish: tauko
French: césure f
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German: Zäsur f
Japanese: 中��止����������, chūkan kyūshi�
Portuguese: cesura f
Russian: �ез��а (cezúra) f
Spanish: cesura f
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trans-top|using two words to divide a metrical foot
Bosnian: cezura f
Croatian: cezura f
French: césure f
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German: Zäsur f
Portuguese: cesura f
Russian: �ез��а (cezúra) f
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See also
enjambment

Category:Prosody

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