downbeat

n.

1. Music.
   1. The downward stroke made by a conductor to indicate the first beat of a measure.
   2. The first beat of a measure.
2. Informal. A period of stagnation or inactivity.

adj.
Cheerless; pessimistic.

The accented beat at the beginning of a bar, by analogy with the downward stroke in conducting; opposites are Upbeat and Off-beat.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward)

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - pessimistisk, afslappet, uformel
n. - nedslag

Nederlands (Dutch)
neerslag (bij dirigeren), inzet, pessimistisch, nadrukkelijk

Français (French)
adj. - abattu, pessimiste, décontracté
n. - (Minér) puits d'aérage

Deutsch (German)
n. - (mus.) Niederschlag, erster (betonter) Schlag
adj. - pessimistisch, zurückhaltend

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μουσ.) τονισμένη μπατούτα
adj. - απαισιόδοξος, απογοητευτικός

Italiano (Italian)
pessimistico, pessimista

Português (Portuguese)
n. - movimento (m) com a batuta para marcar o início de um compasso (Mús.)
adj. - descontente

Русский (Russian)
пессимист, пессимистичный, раскованный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - pesimista, deprimido, triste
n. - pesimismo, depresión, compás acentuado, señal inicial del director de la orquesta

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mus. nedslag
adj. - deppig, avspänd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
悲观的, 强拍, 第一拍

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 悲觀的
n. - 強拍, 第一拍

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 암울한, 참담한
n. - 강박, 하박

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 強拍

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ركود (صفه) متشائم, عابس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עגום, רגוע‬
n. - ‮פעימה ראשונה‬

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