improvisation

From French improvisation. Morphologically improvise +‎ -ation.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪmpɹəvaɪˈzeɪʃən/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪmˌpɹɑvəˈzeɪʃən/, /ˌɪm-/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

improvisation (countable and uncountable, plural improvisations)

1. The act or art of composing and making music, poetry, and the like, extemporaneously

   He played a quick improvisation on the keyboard.

2. That which is improvised; an impromptu.
3. Musical technique, characteristic of blues music.
4. The act of improvising, acting or going about something without planning ahead
   • 2012 September 15, Amy Lawrence, “Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:

     The Ivorian is a player with such a liking for improvisation it does not usually look like he has any more idea than anyone else what he is going to do next, so it was an interesting choice.

• improvisational

From improviser +‎ -ation.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.za.sjɔ̃/

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improvisation f (plural improvisations)

1. improvisation (all meanings)

• “improvisation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

improvisation c

1. improvisation (all meanings)

• improvisera (“improvise”)

• “improvisation”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “improvisation”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)