improvisation

From French improvisation.

• 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:

     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.

From improviser +‎ -ation.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.za.sjɔ̃/

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improvisation f (plural improvisations)

1. improvisation (all meanings)

• “improvisation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).