improvisation

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪmpɹəvaɪˈzeɪʃən/
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• General-American: /ɪmˌpɹɑvəˈzeɪʃən/
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• General-American: /ˌɪm-/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 M P R AA0 V IH0 Z EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From French improvisation. Morphologically improvise + -ation.

61 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: improvisasie — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Albanian: improvizimi — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Belarusian: імправізацыя (impravizácyja) — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Bulgarian: импровизация (improvizacija) — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Czech: improvizace — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Danish: improvisation — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Dutch: improvisatie — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Esperanto: improvizado — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Finnish: improvisointi — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Finnish: improvisaatio — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• French: improvisation — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• German: Improvisation — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Ancient Greek: σχεδιασμός (skhediasmós) — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Hungarian: improvizáció — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Irish: seiftiú — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Italian: improvvisazione — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Macedonian: импровиза́ција (improvizácija) — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Māori: titonga ohiatanga — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Norwegian Bokmål: improvisasjon — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Norwegian Nynorsk: improvisasjon — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Occitan: improvisacion — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Polish: improvizacja — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Portuguese: improvisação — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Romanian: improvizare — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Romanian: improvizație — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Russian: импровиза́ция (improvizácija) — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Serbo-Croatian: импровиза́ција — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Serbo-Croatian: improvizácija — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Slovak: improvizácia — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Slovene: improvizacija — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Spanish: improvisación — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Swedish: improvisation — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Turkish: doğaçlama — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Ukrainian: імпровіза́ція (improvizácija) — act or art of composing and rendering music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously
• Bulgarian: импровизация (improvizacija) — that which is improvised; an impromptu
• Catalan: improvisació — that which is improvised; an impromptu
• Czech: improvizace — that which is improvised; an impromptu
• Dutch: improvisatie — that which is improvised; an impromptu
• Finnish: improvisoitu — that which is improvised; an impromptu
• French: improvisation — that which is improvised; an impromptu
• German: Improvisation — that which is improvised; an impromptu
• Hungarian: improvizáció — that which is improvised; an impromptu
• Italian: improvvisazione — that which is improvised; an impromptu
• Māori: titonga ohiatanga — that which is improvised; an impromptu
• Norwegian Bokmål: improvisasjon — that which is improvised; an impromptu
• Norwegian Nynorsk: improvisasjon — that which is improvised; an impromptu
• Portuguese: improviso — that which is improvised; an impromptu
• Russian: импровиза́ция (improvizácija) — that which is improvised; an impromptu
• Spanish: improvisación — that which is improvised; an impromptu
• Swedish: improvisation — that which is improvised; an impromptu
• Turkish: doğaçlama — that which is improvised; an impromptu
• Chinese Mandarin: 即興 /即兴 (jíxìng) — musical technique, characteristic of blues music
• Czech: improvizace — musical technique, characteristic of blues music
• Dutch: improvisatie — musical technique, characteristic of blues music
• Finnish: improvisointi — musical technique, characteristic of blues music
• German: Improvisation — musical technique, characteristic of blues music
• Italian: improvvisazione — musical technique, characteristic of blues music
• Norwegian Bokmål: improvisasjon — musical technique, characteristic of blues music
• Norwegian Nynorsk: improvisasjon — musical technique, characteristic of blues music
• Russian: импровиза́ция (improvizácija) — musical technique, characteristic of blues music
• Swedish: improvisation — musical technique, characteristic of blues music