encore

(ŏn'kôr', -kōr')
n.

1. A demand by an audience for an additional performance, usually expressed by applause.
2. An additional performance in response to the demand of an audience.

tr.v., -cored, -cor·ing, -cores.
To demand an encore of.

interj.
Used to demand an additional performance.

[French, still, yet, again, probably from Vulgar Latin *hinc ad hōram, from that to this hour : Latin hinc, from here (from hic, this) + Latin ad, to; see ad- + Latin hōram, accusative of hōra, hour; see hour.]

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(Encore Real Time Computing, Inc., Melbourne, FL, www.encore.com) A computer company founded as Encore Computer Corporation in 1983 that specialized in real-time systems. Encore was known for its unique Reflective Memory channel, a high-speed interconnect for up to 255 systems. Encore products stemmed back to Systems Engineering Labs (SEL), founded in 1961. SEL became a division of Gould, which was acquired by Encore in 1989.

Encore also had offered a line of mainframe storage products, which were sold to Sun in 1997. One year later, after the sale of its business applications to Gores Technology, the company was renamed Encore Real Time Computing. In 2002, Encore was acquired by Compro, Melbourne, FL (www.compro.net).

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A French word meaning ‘again’, cried out by English audiences (not French ones, who use bis) to demand the repetition of a piece just heard or an extra item. An ‘encore’ now usually means an extra piece played at the end of a recital or by a soloist after a concerto.

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IN BRIEF: A call by an audience for a performer to perform an extra piece.

The band was called back onto the stage by the enthusiastic audience for more than one encore.

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• Praise, Exaltation, Flattery, and Applause - encore: demand, as by audience, for reappearance or additional performance as expression of approval for performer

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - ekstranummer, da capo
int. - da capo
v. tr. - forlange ekstranummer

Nederlands (Dutch)
toegift, het vragen om een toegift, bis!

Français (French)
n. - bis
int. - bis (excl)
v. tr. - bisser

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zugabe
int. - Zugabe!
v. - nochmals verlangen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανάκληση στη σκηνή (κν. μπιζάρισμα)
int. - μπιζ!

Italiano (Italian)
bis, bis!

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bis (m)
adv. - outra vez
v. - bisar
int. - Outra!

Русский (Russian)
вызов на бис, бис

Español (Spanish)
n. - repetición
int. - ¡bis!, ¡otra!
v. tr. - pedir otra, pedir una repetición

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ropa dakapo åt, extranummer
int. - dakapo!

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
再演唱的要求, 经要求而再唱, 再演唱一次!, 要求再演或唱

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 再演唱的要求, 經要求而再唱
int. - 再演唱一次!
v. tr. - 要求再演或唱

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 재청, 재청에 응하는 연주
int. - 재청이오!
v. tr. - 재청하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - アンコール, 再演, アンコール曲
v. - アンコールを求める, アンコールする
int. - もう一度

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مرة ثانيه (نداء) عبارة تطلق للاستحسان في نهايه حفله لتقديم المزيد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קריאה מהקהל למופיעים לפניו לחזור על קטע או להוסיף קטע חדש‬
int. - ‮עוד הפעם!‬
v. tr. - ‮ביקש הדרן מ-‬

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