coda C2+ Topic:Communication US /ˈkoʊ.də/ UK /ˈkəʊ.də/ See IPA manual Freq #59314 Meanings 1 noun 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. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the optional final sound of... auslaut Word family Derived forms codalesscodalike Related forms vowel Etymology Borrowed from Italian coda (literally “tail”), from Latin cauda. Doublet of queue and cola. Topics Communication External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # coda **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkoʊ.də/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkəʊ.də/ **Frequency rank:** 59314 ## Meanings 1. The optional final sound of a syllable or word, occurring after its nucleus and usually composed of one or more consonants. ## Examples - The word “salts” has three consonants — /l/, /t/, and /s/ — in its coda, whereas the word “glee” has no coda at all. ## Synonyms - auslaut ## Derived Forms - codaless - codalike ## Related Forms - vowel ## Etymology Borrowed from Italian coda (literally “tail”), from Latin cauda. Doublet of queue and cola. ## Topics - Communication markdown