acciaccatura

en-noun

acciaccatura (plural acciaccaturas or acciaccature)

acciaccaturas (plural)
acciaccature (plural)

/əˌt͡ʃɑkəˈtʊɹə/

/əˌt͡ʃækəˈtjʊəɹə/

Borrowed from Italian acciaccatura, from the verb acciaccare (“to crush”).

(music) A short grace note (theoretically taking no time at all), occurring on the beat occupied by the main note to which it is prefixed, one scale-step higher or lower than that main note. (Sometimes equivalent, therefore, to a short appoggiatura, but in Baroque music interpreted differently and more strictly.) Written as a note lighter in appearance, typically a quaver (eighth note), with an oblique stroke through the stem.

acciaccatura

short grace note occurring on the beat occupied by the main note


acciaccatura

Unadapted borrowing from Italian acciaccatura.

ubor

(music) acciaccatura (short grace note occurring on the beat occupied by the main note)


pies

pl-noun

pies m animal (diminutive piesek, augmentative psisko, related adjective psi)

piesek (diminutive)
psisko (augmentative)
psi (adjective)
pies (nominative singular)
psy (nominative plural)
psa (genitive singular)
psów (genitive plural)
psu (dative singular)
psom (dative plural)
psa (accusative singular)
psy (accusative plural)
psem (instrumental singular)
psami (instrumental plural)
psie (locative singular)
psach (locative plural)
psie (singular vocative)
psy (plural vocative)

(obsolete, music) place where strings of a violin are connected


accorder

accorder (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
accordant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
accordé (participle past)
accorde (first-person indicative present singular)
accordes (indicative present second-person singular)
accorde (indicative present singular third-person)
accordons (first-person indicative plural present)
accordez (indicative plural present second-person)
accordent (indicative plural present third-person)
accordais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
accordais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
accordait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
accordions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
accordiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
accordaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
accordai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
accordas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
accorda (historic indicative past singular third-person)
accordâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
accordâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
accordèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
accorderai (first-person future indicative singular)
accorderas (future indicative second-person singular)
accordera (future indicative singular third-person)
accorderons (first-person future indicative plural)
accorderez (future indicative plural second-person)
accorderont (future indicative plural third-person)
accorderais (conditional first-person singular)
accorderais (conditional second-person singular)
accorderait (conditional singular third-person)
accorderions (conditional first-person plural)
accorderiez (conditional plural second-person)
accorderaient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
accorde (first-person present singular subjunctive)
accordes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
accorde (present singular subjunctive third-person)
accordions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
accordiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
accordent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
accordasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
accordasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
accordât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
accordassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
accordassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
accordassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
accorde (imperative second-person singular)
accordons (first-person imperative plural)
accordez (imperative plural second-person)

→ Romanian: acorda

Inherited from Middle French accorder, from Old French acorder, from Vulgar Latin *accordāre, derived from Latin cor (“heart”). By surface analysis, accord + -er.


abbreviation

en-noun

abbreviation (countable and uncountable, plural abbreviations)

abbreviation (canonical)
of (canonical)
abbreviations (plural)

First attested 1400–50. From Middle English abbreviacioun, from Middle French abreviation, from Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātiō, from Latin ad + breviō (“shorten”), from brevis (“short”). By surface analysis, abbreviate + -ion.

(music) A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.

abbreviatur

music: a notation used in music score to denote a direction

(music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.

lyhennysmerkki

music: one or more dashes through the stem of a note


accolade

First attested in the 1620s, borrowed from French accolade, from Occitan acolada (“an embrace”), from acolar (“to embrace”), from Italian accollato, from Vulgar Latin *accollō (“to hug around the neck”), from Latin ad- + collum (“neck”) (English collar).

der

(music) A brace used to join two or more staves.

аколада

(music) a brace used to join two or more staves


woodwind

(music) Any (typically wooden) musical instrument that produces sound by the player blowing into it, through a reed, or across an opening. Woodwind instruments include the recorder, flute, piccolo, clarinet, oboe, cor anglais and bassoon.


accidental

en-adj

accidental (comparative more accidental, superlative most accidental)

more accidental (comparative)
most accidental (superlative)

From Middle English accidental, from Anglo-Norman accidentel, Middle French accidentel, accidental, and their source, Late Latin accidēntālis; corresponding to accident + -al.

(music) Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature.


accidental

(music) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.


parole

Musica di Paolo, parole di Lorenzo


arietta

arietta (nominative singular)
arietty (nominative plural)
arietty (genitive singular)
ariett (genitive plural)
arietcie (dative singular)
ariettom (dative plural)
ariettę (accusative singular)
arietty (accusative plural)
ariettą (instrumental singular)
ariettami (instrumental plural)
arietcie (locative singular)
ariettach (locative plural)
arietto (singular vocative)
arietty (plural vocative)


metric

From French métrique (1864), from New Latin metricus (“pertaining to the system based on the meter”), from metrum (“a meter”); see meter.

der

(music) Of or relating to the meter of a piece of music.


leap

From Middle English lepen, from Old English hlēapan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną. Doublet of lope, lowp, elope, gallop, galop, interlope, and loop.
Cognate with West Frisian ljeppe (“to jump”), Dutch lopen (“to run; to walk”), German laufen (“to run; to walk”), Danish løbe, Norwegian Bokmål løpe, from Proto-Indo-European *klewb- (“to spring, stumble”) (compare Lithuanian šlùbti ‘to become lame’, klùbti ‘to stumble’).

der

(music) A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.


aria

From Italian aria, metathesis from Latin āerem, accusative of āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”). Doublet of air.

(music) A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.


aria

From Latin aer, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr). Cognates include Italian aria and French air.


aria

id-noun

aria (plural aria-aria, first-person possessive ariaku, second-person possessive ariamu, third-person possessive arianya)

aria-aria (plural)
ariaku (first-person possessive)
ariamu (possessive second-person)
arianya (possessive third-person)

From Dutch aria, from Italian aria, metathesis from Latin āerem, accusative of āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”).

(music) aria: A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.


aria

→ Afrikaans: aria

→ Asturian: aria

→ Azerbaijani: ariya

→ Belarusian: арыя (aryja)

→ Bulgarian: ария (arija)

→ Catalan: ària

→ Czech: árie

→ Danish: arie

→ Dutch: arie

→ English: aria

→ Esperanto: ario

→ Estonian: aaria

→ French: aria

→ Galician: aria

→ Gallurese: aria

→ Irish: áiria

→ Georgian: არია (aria)

→ German: Arie

→ Greek: άρια (ária)

→ Hungarian: ária

→ Japanese: アリア (aria)

→ Kazakh: ария (ariä)

→ Latvian: ārija

→ Lithuanian: arija

→ Malay: aria

Indonesian: aria

→ Maori: āria

→ Mongolian: ари (ari)

→ Northern Kurdish: arya

→ Polish: aria

→ Portuguese: ária

→ Romanian: arie

→ Russian: а́рия (árija)

→ Sardinian: àera

→ Sassarese: aria

→ Sicilian: aria

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: а̑рија

Latin script: ȃrija

→ Slovene: arija

→ Spanish: aria
→ Tagalog: arya

→ Slovak: ária

→ Swedish: aria
→ Finnish: aaria

→ Turkish: arya

→ Ukrainian: арія (arija)

→ Uzbek: ariya

Metathesis from Latin āera, Greek-type accusative of āēr, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”). See also aere.


aria

aria (nominative singular)
arie (nominative plural)
arii (genitive singular)
arii (genitive plural)
aryj (archaic genitive plural)
arii (dative singular)
ariom (dative plural)
arię (accusative singular)
arie (accusative plural)
arią (instrumental singular)
ariami (instrumental plural)
arii (locative singular)
ariach (locative plural)
ario (singular vocative)
arie (plural vocative)


aria

→ Tagalog: arya

(music) aria (a musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata)


andante

The music’s marking is andante, a delicate footfall.

2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 198:

(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo; faster than adagio but slower than moderato.

andante

passage played in a moderately slow tempo


andante

(music) Played at a moderately slow tempo.


andante

(music) Describing a passage having this mark.


andante

andante (nominative singular)
andantet (nominative plural)
andante (accusative nominative singular)
andantet (accusative nominative plural)
andanten (accusative genitive singular)
andantet (accusative genitive plural)
andanten (genitive singular)
andantejen (genitive plural)
andantein (genitive plural rare)
andantea (partitive singular)
andanteja (partitive plural)
andantessa (inessive singular)
andanteissa (inessive plural)
andantesta (elative singular)
andanteista (elative plural)
andanteen (illative singular)
andanteihin (illative plural)
andantella (adessive singular)
andanteilla (adessive plural)
andantelta (ablative singular)
andanteilta (ablative plural)
andantelle (allative singular)
andanteille (allative plural)
andantena (essive singular)
andanteina (essive plural)
andanteksi (singular translative)
andanteiksi (plural translative)
andantetta (abessive singular)
andanteitta (abessive plural)
andantein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
andanteni (nominative singular)
andanteni (nominative plural)
andanteni (accusative nominative singular)
andanteni (accusative nominative plural)
andanteni (accusative genitive singular)
andanteni (accusative genitive plural)
andanteni (genitive singular)
andantejeni (genitive plural)
andanteini (genitive plural rare)
andanteani (partitive singular)
andantejani (partitive plural)
andantessani (inessive singular)
andanteissani (inessive plural)
andantestani (elative singular)
andanteistani (elative plural)
andanteeni (illative singular)
andanteihini (illative plural)
andantellani (adessive singular)
andanteillani (adessive plural)
andanteltani (ablative singular)
andanteiltani (ablative plural)
andantelleni (allative singular)
andanteilleni (allative plural)
andantenani (essive singular)
andanteinani (essive plural)
andantekseni (singular translative)
andanteikseni (plural translative)
andantettani (abessive singular)
andanteittani (abessive plural)
andanteineni (comitative plural)
andantesi (nominative singular)
andantesi (nominative plural)
andantesi (accusative nominative singular)
andantesi (accusative nominative plural)
andantesi (accusative genitive singular)
andantesi (accusative genitive plural)
andantesi (genitive singular)
andantejesi (genitive plural)
andanteisi (genitive plural rare)
andanteasi (partitive singular)
andantejasi (partitive plural)
andantessasi (inessive singular)
andanteissasi (inessive plural)
andantestasi (elative singular)
andanteistasi (elative plural)
andanteesi (illative singular)
andanteihisi (illative plural)
andantellasi (adessive singular)
andanteillasi (adessive plural)
andanteltasi (ablative singular)
andanteiltasi (ablative plural)
andantellesi (allative singular)
andanteillesi (allative plural)
andantenasi (essive singular)
andanteinasi (essive plural)
andanteksesi (singular translative)
andanteiksesi (plural translative)
andantettasi (abessive singular)
andanteittasi (abessive plural)
andanteinesi (comitative plural)
andantemme (nominative singular)
andantemme (nominative plural)
andantemme (accusative nominative singular)
andantemme (accusative nominative plural)
andantemme (accusative genitive singular)
andantemme (accusative genitive plural)
andantemme (genitive singular)
andantejemme (genitive plural)
andanteimme (genitive plural rare)
andanteamme (partitive singular)
andantejamme (partitive plural)
andantessamme (inessive singular)
andanteissamme (inessive plural)
andantestamme (elative singular)
andanteistamme (elative plural)
andanteemme (illative singular)
andanteihimme (illative plural)
andantellamme (adessive singular)
andanteillamme (adessive plural)
andanteltamme (ablative singular)
andanteiltamme (ablative plural)
andantellemme (allative singular)
andanteillemme (allative plural)
andantenamme (essive singular)
andanteinamme (essive plural)
andanteksemme (singular translative)
andanteiksemme (plural translative)
andantettamme (abessive singular)
andanteittamme (abessive plural)
andanteinemme (comitative plural)
andantenne (nominative singular)
andantenne (nominative plural)
andantenne (accusative nominative singular)
andantenne (accusative nominative plural)
andantenne (accusative genitive singular)
andantenne (accusative genitive plural)
andantenne (genitive singular)
andantejenne (genitive plural)
andanteinne (genitive plural rare)
andanteanne (partitive singular)
andantejanne (partitive plural)
andantessanne (inessive singular)
andanteissanne (inessive plural)
andantestanne (elative singular)
andanteistanne (elative plural)
andanteenne (illative singular)
andanteihinne (illative plural)
andantellanne (adessive singular)
andanteillanne (adessive plural)
andanteltanne (ablative singular)
andanteiltanne (ablative plural)
andantellenne (allative singular)
andanteillenne (allative plural)
andantenanne (essive singular)
andanteinanne (essive plural)
andanteksenne (singular translative)
andanteiksenne (plural translative)
andantettanne (abessive singular)
andanteittanne (abessive plural)
andanteinenne (comitative plural)
andantensa (nominative singular)
andantensa (nominative plural)
andantensa (accusative nominative singular)
andantensa (accusative nominative plural)
andantensa (accusative genitive singular)
andantensa (accusative genitive plural)
andantensa (genitive singular)
andantejensa (genitive plural)
andanteinsa (genitive plural rare)
andanteaan (partitive singular)
andanteansa (partitive singular)
andantejaan (partitive plural)
andantejansa (partitive plural)
andantessaan (inessive singular)
andantessansa (inessive singular)
andanteissaan (inessive plural)
andanteissansa (inessive plural)
andantestaan (elative singular)
andantestansa (elative singular)
andanteistaan (elative plural)
andanteistansa (elative plural)
andanteensa (illative singular)
andanteihinsa (illative plural)
andantellaan (adessive singular)
andantellansa (adessive singular)
andanteillaan (adessive plural)
andanteillansa (adessive plural)
andanteltaan (ablative singular)
andanteltansa (ablative singular)
andanteiltaan (ablative plural)
andanteiltansa (ablative plural)
andantelleen (allative singular)
andantellensa (allative singular)
andanteilleen (allative plural)
andanteillensa (allative plural)
andantenaan (essive singular)
andantenansa (essive singular)
andanteinaan (essive plural)
andanteinansa (essive plural)
andantekseen (singular translative)
andanteksensa (singular translative)
andanteikseen (plural translative)
andanteiksensa (plural translative)
andantettaan (abessive singular)
andantettansa (abessive singular)
andanteittaan (abessive plural)
andanteittansa (abessive plural)
andanteineen (comitative plural)
andanteinensa (comitative plural)

[ˈɑ̝ndɑ̝n̪t̪(ː)e̞]


andante

→ English: andante

→ Finnish: andante

→ French: andante

→ Greek: αντάντε (antánte)

→ Portuguese: andante

→ Romanian: andante

→ Spanish: andante


andante

Borrowed from Italian andante (“going”).

/ɐ̃ˈdɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/ɐ̃ˈdɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

(music) andante (passage to be played in a moderately slow tempo)


andante

/ɐ̃ˈdɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

/ɐ̃ˈdɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

(music) andante (played in a moderately slow tempo)


andante

(music) a tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo; faster than adagio but slower than allegretto


andante

es-adj

andante m or f (masculine and feminine plural andantes)

(music) played in a moderately slow tempo


crow

en-verb

crow (third-person singular simple present crows, present participle crowing, simple past crowed or (UK) crew, past participle crowed or (archaic) crown)

crows (present singular third-person)
crowing (participle present)
crowed (past)
crew (UK past)
crowed (participle past)
crown (archaic participle past)

The verb is from Middle English crowen, from Old English crāwan (past tense crēow, past participle crāwen), from Proto-West Germanic *krāan, from Proto-Germanic *krēaną, from imitative Proto-Indo-European *gerH- (“to cry hoarsely”).
The noun is from Middle English crowe, from the verb.
Compare Dutch kraaien, German krähen, Lithuanian gróti, Russian гра́ять (grájatʹ)). Related to croak.

onomatopoeic

imitative

der

(intransitive, music) To test the reed of a double reed instrument by placing the reed alone in the mouth and blowing it.


f

Modification of upper case Latin letter F, from Greek Ϝ (W, “Digamma”), from Phœnician 𐤅 (W, “waw”), the ultimate source being probably Egyptian.


f

Abbreviations.
f
# (stenoscript) Abbreviation of for.
# (stenoscript) prefix for-.
# (stenoscript) suffix/sequence for(e).

ng

prefix <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">for-</i>.

(music) The name of the fourth tone of the model scale, or scale of C. F sharp (F♯) is a tone intermediate between F and G.


f

fi-decl-table

f (type koira)

f (nominative singular)
f:t (nominative plural)
f:n (genitive singular)
f:ien (genitive plural)
f:ää (partitive singular)
f:iä (partitive plural)
f (accusative singular)
f:n (accusative singular)
f:t (accusative plural)
f:ssä (inessive singular)
f:issä (inessive plural)
f:stä (elative singular)
f:istä (elative plural)
f:ään (illative singular)
f:iin (illative plural)
f:llä (adessive singular)
f:illä (adessive plural)
f:ltä (ablative singular)
f:iltä (ablative plural)
f:lle (allative singular)
f:ille (allative plural)
f:nä (essive singular)
f:inä (essive plural)
f:ksi (singular translative)
f:iksi (plural translative)
f:ttä (abessive singular)
f:ittä (abessive plural)
f:in (instructive plural)
f:ineen (comitative plural)


flute

→ Irish: fliúit

→ Welsh: ffliwt

From Middle English fleute, floute, flote, from Old French flaute, fleüte, from Old Provençal flaüt, of uncertain origin. Perhaps ultimately from three possibilities:
* Blend of Provencal flaujol (“flageolet”) + laüt (“lute”)
* From Latin flātus (“blowing”), from flāre (“to blow”)
* Imitative.
Doublet of flauta and fluyt.

Western concert flute

as a specific instrument, a transverse, side-blown flute

The breathing flute's ſoft notes are heard around, / And the ſhril trumpets mix their ſilver ſound; / The vaulted roofs vvith echoing muſic ring, / Theſe touch the vocal ſtops, and thoſe the trembling ſtring.

1709, Alexander Pope, “January and May; or, The Merchant’s Tale, from Chaucer”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], published 1717, →OCLC, page 217:

Western concert flute
Western concert flute

(music) A woodwind instrument consisting of a tube with a row of holes that produce sound through vibrations caused by air blown across the edge of the holes, often tuned by plugging one or more holes with a finger; the Western concert flute, a transverse side-blown flute of European origin.

edge-blown aerophone

as a general category of musical instruments


fa

From Glover's solmization, from Middle English fa (“fourth degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian fa in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin famulī (“servants”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

inh

And now Mrs. Waters (for we muſt confeſs ſhe was in the ſame Bed) being, I ſuppoſe, awakened from her Sleep, and ſeeing two Men fighting in her Bed-chamber, began to ſcream in the moſt violent Manner, crying out Murder! Robbery! and more frequently Rape! which laſt, ſome, perhaps, may wonder ſhe ſhould mention, who do not conſider that theſe Words of Exclamation are uſed by Ladies in a Fright, as Fa, la, la, ra, da, &c. are in Muſic, only as the Vehicles of Sound, and without any fixed Ideas.

1749, Henry Fielding, “Containing the Arrival of an Irish Gentleman, with very extraordinary Adventures which ensued at the Inn”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume IV, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book X, pages 11–12:

(music) A syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.


fa

(music) fa (fourth note of diatonic scale)


fa

fa's (plural)
faatje (diminutive neuter)

(music) fa (fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) musical note)


fa

(music) fa, the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note 'F'


fa

(music) fa, the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note 'F'.


fa

fa-en (definite singular)
fa-ar (indefinite plural)
fa-ane (definite plural)

From Latin famuli, from the first word of the fourth line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn on which solfège was based because its lines started on each note of the scale successively. Through Italian.

(music) fa, a syllable used in solfège to represent the fourth diatonic (or sixth chromatic) note of a major scale.


fa

head

fa (definite accusative fayı, plural falar)

fayı (accusative definite)
falar (plural)


digital

en-noun

digital (countable and uncountable, plural digitals)

/ˈdɪd͡ʒɪtl̩/

Borrowed from Latin digitālis, from digitus (“finger, toe”) + -alis (“-al”). Doublet of digitalis.

Beginning with the keyboard, direct attention to the grouping of the black digitals, and show that though at the outer edge of the keyboard the white digitals look as if they were all equally close neighbours, yet, […]

c.1920?, Annie Jessy Gregg Curwen, The Teacher's Guide to Mrs. Curwen's Pianoforte Method (The Child Pianist)

(music) Any of the keys of a piano or similar instrument.


accompaniment

accompaniment (countable and uncountable, plural accompaniments)

From French accompagnement; equivalent to accompany + -ment. First attested in 1744.

Brooks performed a saxophone solo on stage, with Robert as accompaniment on the bass.

(music) A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass.

مُصَاحَبَة

music: that which gives support or adds to the background


feature

→ German: Feature

→ Ukrainian: фі́ча (fíča)

From Middle English feture, from Anglo-Norman feture, from Old French faiture, from Latin factūra, from Latin factus, from Latin faciō (“do, make”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”). Doublet of facture.

feature

long, prominent article or item in the media

(music) The act of being featured in a piece of music.


comma

en-noun

comma (plural commas or (rare) commata or (obsolete) commaes)

commas (plural)
commata (plural rare)
commaes (obsolete plural)

From Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma), from κόπτω (kóptō, “I cut”).

(music) A difference in the calculation of nearly identical intervals by different ways.


point

→ Cantonese: point

→ Indonesian: poin

→ Japanese: ポイント (pointo)

→ Korean: 포인트 (pointeu)

From Middle English poynt, from Old French point m (“dot; minute amount”), from Latin pūnctum (“a hole punched in; a point, puncture”), substantive use of pūnctus m, perfect passive participle of pungō (“I prick, punch”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“prick, punch”)); alternatively, from Old French pointe f (“sharp tip”), from Latin pūncta f (past participle). Displaced native Middle English ord (“point”), from Old English ord (“point”). Doublet of pointe, punctum, punt, and punto.

kärki

position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force

decimal point

not used when reading decimal fractions aloud

(music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.


industrial

en-adj

industrial (comparative more industrial, superlative most industrial)

more industrial (comparative)
most industrial (superlative)

a track with clashing industrial beats

(music) Belonging or pertaining to the genre of industrial music.


accompany

en-verb

accompany (third-person singular simple present accompanies, present participle accompanying, simple past and past participle accompanied)

accompanies (present singular third-person)
accompanying (participle present)
accompanied (participle past)
accompanied (past)

* First attested in early 15th century.
From Middle English accompanien, from Old French acompagner (“to associate with”), from compaing (“companion”), nominative singular of compaignon (“companion”). See company.

der

en:to perform an accompanying part next to another instrument

(intransitive, music) To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.

صَاحَبَ

to perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition

The strings were accompanied by two woodwinds.

I will accompany her on the oboe.

(transitive, music) To perform an accompanying part next to (another instrument or musician).


acid

en-adj

acid (comparative acider, superlative acidest)

acider (comparative)
acidest (superlative)

From French acide, from Latin acidus (“sour, acid”), from aceō (“I am sour”). Doublet of agita.

(music) Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock.


acid

Unadapted borrowing from English acid.
Attested since at least 1970.


false

false (comparative falser, superlative falsest)

falser (comparative)
falsest (superlative)

From Middle English false, fals, from Old English fals (“false; counterfeit; fraudulent; wrong; mistaken”), from Latin falsus (“counterfeit, false; falsehood”), perfect passive participle of fallō (“deceive”). Reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman and Old French fals, faus. Compare Scots fals, false, Saterland Frisian falsk, German falsch, Dutch vals, Swedish and Danish falsk; all from Latin falsus. Displaced native Middle English les, lese, from Old English lēas (“false”); See lease, leasing. Doublet of faux.
The verb is from Middle English falsen, falsien, from Old French falser, from Latin falsō (“falsify”), itself also from falsus; compare French fausser (“to falsify, to distort”).


and

From Middle English and, an, from Old English and, ond, end, from Proto-West Germanic *andi, from Proto-Germanic *andi, *anþi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti (“facing opposite, near, in front of, before”). Cognate with Scots an (“and”), North Frisian en (“and”), West Frisian en, in (“and”), Yiddish און (un, “and”), Low German un (“and”), Dutch en (“and”), German und (“and”), Danish end (“but”), Swedish än (“yet, but”), Icelandic and Norwegian enn (“still, yet”), Albanian edhe (“and”) (dialectal ênde, ênne), ende (“still, yet, therefore”), Latin ante (“opposite, in front of”), and Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “opposite, facing”). Doublet of an ("if").

cog

(unstressed form, also for some speakers stressed form) end

The same goes for measure 42, when you begin the phrase on the and of 1, because that kind of lick can easily bog down the time.

2006, Gordon Goodwin, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band: Trumpet, page 51:

(music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.


ID

en-noun

ID (countable and uncountable, plural IDs)

(music) An electronic music track without an official title.


absolute

en-adj

absolute (comparative more absolute or absoluter, superlative most absolute or absolutest)

more absolute (comparative)
absoluter (comparative)
most absolute (superlative)
absolutest (superlative)

conditional

antonym(s) of “free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions”

antonym(s) of “independent of references

First attested around 1380. From Middle English absolut, from Middle French absolut, from Latin absolūtus (“unconditional; unfettered; completed”), perfect passive participle of absolvō (“loosen, set free, complete”), from ab (“away”) + solvo (“to loose”). Influenced in part by Old French absolu. Compare absolve.

независим

grammar: not immediately dependent on the other parts of the sentence

categorical

absolute music

(art, music, dance) Independent of (references to) other arts; expressing things (beauty, ideas, etc) only in one art.


slow

From Middle English slow, slaw, from Old English slāw (“sluggish, inert, slothful, late, tardy, torpid, slow”), from Proto-Germanic *slaiwaz (“blunt, dull, faint, weak, slack”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *sleyH-u- (“bad”). Cognate with Scots slaw (“slow”), West Frisian sleau (“slow, dull, lazy”), Dutch sleeuw (“blunt, dull”), Low German slee (“dull, sluggish”), German schlehe, schleh (“dull, exhausted, faint”), Danish sløv (“dull, torpid, drowsy”), Swedish slö (“slack, lazy”), Icelandic sljór (“dim-witted, slow”).


port

head

port m (genitive singular poirt, nominative plural poirt)

poirt (genitive singular)
poirt (nominative plural)
port (indefinite nominative singular)
poirt (indefinite nominative plural)
a phoirt (indefinite singular vocative)
a phorta (indefinite plural vocative)
poirt (genitive indefinite singular)
port (genitive indefinite plural)
port (dative indefinite singular)
poirt (dative indefinite plural)
an port (definite nominative singular)
na poirt (definite nominative plural)
an phoirt (definite genitive singular)
na bport (definite genitive plural)
leis an bport (dative definite singular)
don phort (dative definite singular)
leis na poirt (dative definite plural)

→⇒ Yola: portlaghrin

Is buaine port ná glór na n-éan; is buaine focal ná toice an tsaoil. (proverb)

A tune is more lasting than the song of birds; a word is more lasting than the wealth of the world.


te

Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become ti; the vowel was then changed to 'e' to signify a flattened note.

(music) In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): ta.


cowbell

en-noun

cowbell (countable and uncountable, plural cowbells)

This song would sound better with the addition of a cowbell.

It's good, but it really needs more cowbell.

(music) A musical instrument, typically found without a clapper.


cowbell

Unadapted borrowing from English cowbell.

ubor

(music) cowbell (a percussion instrument)


secondo

(music) The second part in a concerted piece.


wolf

→ Ido: volfo (also from German)

From Middle English wolf, from Old English wulf, ƿulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. See also Saterland Frisian Wulf, West Frisian and Dutch wolf, German Wolf, Norwegian and Danish ulv; also Sanskrit वृक (vṛ́ka), Persian گرگ (gorg), Lithuanian vilkas, Russian волк (volk), Albanian ujk, Latin lupus, Greek λύκος (lýkos), Tocharian B walkwe). Doublet of lobo and lupus.

the wolf may lose his teeth but never his nature

who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl

The soft violin solo was marred by persistent wolves.


A

* (highest rank, grade, music): From the initial position of the letter A in the English alphabet.
* (blood type): From A antigen

Orchestras traditionally tune to a concert A.

(music) A tone three fifths above C in the cycle of fifths; the sixth tone of the C major scale; the first note of the minor scale of A minor; the reference tone that occurs at exactly 440 Hz; the printed or written note A; the scale with A as its keynote.


accent

en-noun

accent (countable and uncountable, plural accents)

From Middle English accent, from Medieval Latin accentus and Old French accent, acent, both from Latin accentus, past participle of accinō (“sing to, sing along”). The word accent had been borrowed into Old English already, but was lost and reborrowed in Middle English.

tongval

distinctive pronunciation associated with a region, social group, etc.

акце́нт

math: mark to distinguish magnitudes of similar kind

pilkku

geometry: mark indicating minutes and seconds of a degree

(music) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.

(music) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.

(music) A mark used to represent this special emphasis.

aksenttimerkki

music: mark to represent specific stress on a note

(music) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.


accent

nl-noun

accent n (plural accenten, diminutive accentje n)

accenten (plural)
accentje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: aksent

→ Indonesian: aksen

→ Papiamentu: aksènt

From Middle Dutch accent, ultimately from Latin accentus.

(music) a mark that indicates musical accent


accent

→ Norwegian Bokmål: accent

→ Turkish: aksan

Inherited from Middle French accent, from Old French acent, accent, borrowed from Latin accentus (“accent, tone, accentuation”).


open

en-adj

open (comparative more open, superlative most open)

more open (comparative)
most open (superlative)

closed-source

antonym(s) of “with a free license and no proprietary components”

From Middle English open, from Old English open (“open”), from Proto-West Germanic *opan, from Proto-Germanic *upanaz (“open”), from Proto-Indo-European *upo (“up from under, over”).
cognates
* Scots apen (“open”)
* Saterland Frisian eepen (“open”)
* West Frisian iepen (“open”)
* Dutch open (“open”)
* Low German open, apen (“open”)
* German offen (“open”)
* Danish åben (“open”)
* Swedish öppen (“open”)
* Norwegian Bokmål åpen (“open”)
* Norwegian Nynorsk open (“open”)
* Icelandic opinn (“open”)
 Compare also Latin supinus (“on one's back, supine”), Albanian hap (“to open”). Related to up.

der

at church every time the doors swing open

(music, stringed instruments) Of a note, played without pressing the string against the fingerboard.

avoin

music: without any fingers pressing the string against the fingerboard

(music) Of a note, played without closing any finger-hole, key or valve.


abstract

en-adj

abstract (comparative more abstract or abstracter, superlative most abstract or abstractest)

more abstract (comparative)
abstracter (comparative)
most abstract (superlative)
abstractest (superlative)

From Middle English abstract, borrowed from Latin abstractus, perfect passive participle of abstrahō (“draw away”), formed from abs- (“away”) + trahō (“to pull, draw”). The verbal sense is first attested in 1542.

(art) Pertaining to the formal aspect of art, such as the lines, colors, shapes, and the relationships among them.


country

Unadapted borrowing from English country.


country

country (indefinite nominative uncountable)
countryn (definite nominative uncountable)
countrys (genitive indefinite uncountable)
countryns (definite genitive uncountable)

Borrowed from English country. First attested in 1965.

Howdy, cowboy! Visa nu, vad har du på din mack? Jag behöver fylla skafferiet på min truck [English]. Tuggummi, så klart, snus och chips, en låda dryck, skulle jag bli glad om jag fick. Jag drar min långtradarsång, min lastbilskörarsång, för jag har sån smak för bilar med flak. Jag drar min truckdriving song [English], tjugofyra meter lång, och jag tackar Gud för countryns alla ljud. Och om låten blir för tråkig, ja, då jag tar jag det kallt. Ja, då byter jag tonart och höjer ett halvt. Ja, jag höjer ett halvt.

1986, Claes Eriksson (lyrics and music), “Truckdriving song”, in Macken [The gas station], performed by Per Fritzell:

Howdy, cowboy! Show me now, what do you have at your gas station? I need to fill the pantry in my truck [English]. Chewing gum, of course, snus and chips [in the US sense], a case of drink, I would be happy if I got. I do [pull] my big rig song, my truck driving song, because I have such taste for cars with a flatbed [platform]. I do my truckdriving song [English], twenty-four meters long, and I thank God for all the sounds of country music ("for the country music's all sounds"). And if the song gets too boring, yes, then I stay cool [take it cool]. Yes, then I change the key and raise by a half [step]. Yes, I raise by a half [step].


tuba

tubák (plural)
tuba (nominative singular)
tubák (nominative plural)
tubát (accusative singular)
tubákat (accusative plural)
tubának (dative singular)
tubáknak (dative plural)
tubával (instrumental singular)
tubákkal (instrumental plural)
tubáért (causal-final singular)
tubákért (causal-final plural)
tubává (singular translative)
tubákká (plural translative)
tubáig (singular terminative)
tubákig (plural terminative)
tubaként (essive-formal singular)
tubákként (essive-formal plural)
tubában (inessive singular)
tubákban (inessive plural)
tubán (singular superessive)
tubákon (plural superessive)
tubánál (adessive singular)
tubáknál (adessive plural)
tubába (illative singular)
tubákba (illative plural)
tubára (singular sublative)
tubákra (plural sublative)
tubához (allative singular)
tubákhoz (allative plural)
tubából (elative singular)
tubákból (elative plural)
tubáról (delative singular)
tubákról (delative plural)
tubától (ablative singular)
tubáktól (ablative plural)
tubáé (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
tubáké (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
tubáéi (possessed-single possessive predicative singular)
tubákéi (plural possessed-single possessive predicative)
tubám (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
tubáim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
tubád (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
tubáid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
tubája (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
tubái (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
tubánk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
tubáink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
tubátok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
tubáitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
tubájuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
tubáik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)


tuba

id-noun

tuba (plural tuba-tuba, first-person possessive tubaku, second-person possessive tubamu, third-person possessive tubanya)

tuba-tuba (plural)
tubaku (first-person possessive)
tubamu (possessive second-person)
tubanya (possessive third-person)

From Latin tuba (“tube, trumpet, military trumpet”).

der

(music) tuba: A large brass musical instrument, usually in the bass range, played through a vibration of the lips upon the mouthpiece and fingering of the keys.


tuba

la-noun

tuba f (genitive tubae); first declension

tubae (genitive)
tuba (nominative singular)
tubae (nominative plural)
tubae (genitive singular)
tubārum (genitive plural)
tubae (dative singular)
tubīs (dative plural)
tubam (accusative singular)
tubās (accusative plural)
tubā (ablative singular)
tubīs (ablative plural)
tuba (singular vocative)
tubae (plural vocative)

→ English: tuba

→ French: tuba

→ Galician: tuba

→ Italian: tuba

→ Russian: ту́ба (túba)

Possibly connected to tībia (“shinbone, reed-pipe”) with similarities in meaning and form.

(literally, music) long trumpet over 1 meter in length, especially war-trumpet


tuba

ms-noun

tuba (plural duplication, informal 1st possessive tubaku, 2nd possessive tubamu, 3rd possessive tubanya)

duplication (plural)
tubaku (first-person informal possessive)
tubamu (possessive second-person)
tubanya (possessive third-person)

From Latin tuba (“tube, trumpet, military trumpet”), via English tuba.


tuba

(music) tuba (a large brass musical instrument)


tempo

Borrowed from Italian tempo, from Latin tempus (“time”). Doublet of tense.

(music) The number of beats per minute in a piece of music; also, an indicative term denoting approximate rate of speed in written music (examples: allegro, andante)


tempo

Borrowed from Italian tempo. Doublet of temps.


tempo

nl-noun

tempo n (plural tempo's or tempi, diminutive tempootje n)

tempo's (plural)
tempi (plural)
tempootje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: tempo

Borrowed from Italian tempo, from Latin tempus (“time”).


tempo

tempo (nominative singular)
tempot (nominative plural)
tempo (accusative nominative singular)
tempot (accusative nominative plural)
tempon (accusative genitive singular)
tempot (accusative genitive plural)
tempon (genitive singular)
tempojen (genitive plural)
tempoa (partitive singular)
tempoja (partitive plural)
tempossa (inessive singular)
tempoissa (inessive plural)
temposta (elative singular)
tempoista (elative plural)
tempoon (illative singular)
tempoihin (illative plural)
tempolla (adessive singular)
tempoilla (adessive plural)
tempolta (ablative singular)
tempoilta (ablative plural)
tempolle (allative singular)
tempoille (allative plural)
tempona (essive singular)
tempoina (essive plural)
tempoksi (singular translative)
tempoiksi (plural translative)
tempotta (abessive singular)
tempoitta (abessive plural)
tempoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
temponi (nominative singular)
temponi (nominative plural)
temponi (accusative nominative singular)
temponi (accusative nominative plural)
temponi (accusative genitive singular)
temponi (accusative genitive plural)
temponi (genitive singular)
tempojeni (genitive plural)
tempoani (partitive singular)
tempojani (partitive plural)
tempossani (inessive singular)
tempoissani (inessive plural)
tempostani (elative singular)
tempoistani (elative plural)
tempooni (illative singular)
tempoihini (illative plural)
tempollani (adessive singular)
tempoillani (adessive plural)
tempoltani (ablative singular)
tempoiltani (ablative plural)
tempolleni (allative singular)
tempoilleni (allative plural)
temponani (essive singular)
tempoinani (essive plural)
tempokseni (singular translative)
tempoikseni (plural translative)
tempottani (abessive singular)
tempoittani (abessive plural)
tempoineni (comitative plural)
temposi (nominative singular)
temposi (nominative plural)
temposi (accusative nominative singular)
temposi (accusative nominative plural)
temposi (accusative genitive singular)
temposi (accusative genitive plural)
temposi (genitive singular)
tempojesi (genitive plural)
tempoasi (partitive singular)
tempojasi (partitive plural)
tempossasi (inessive singular)
tempoissasi (inessive plural)
tempostasi (elative singular)
tempoistasi (elative plural)
tempoosi (illative singular)
tempoihisi (illative plural)
tempollasi (adessive singular)
tempoillasi (adessive plural)
tempoltasi (ablative singular)
tempoiltasi (ablative plural)
tempollesi (allative singular)
tempoillesi (allative plural)
temponasi (essive singular)
tempoinasi (essive plural)
tempoksesi (singular translative)
tempoiksesi (plural translative)
tempottasi (abessive singular)
tempoittasi (abessive plural)
tempoinesi (comitative plural)
tempomme (nominative singular)
tempomme (nominative plural)
tempomme (accusative nominative singular)
tempomme (accusative nominative plural)
tempomme (accusative genitive singular)
tempomme (accusative genitive plural)
tempomme (genitive singular)
tempojemme (genitive plural)
tempoamme (partitive singular)
tempojamme (partitive plural)
tempossamme (inessive singular)
tempoissamme (inessive plural)
tempostamme (elative singular)
tempoistamme (elative plural)
tempoomme (illative singular)
tempoihimme (illative plural)
tempollamme (adessive singular)
tempoillamme (adessive plural)
tempoltamme (ablative singular)
tempoiltamme (ablative plural)
tempollemme (allative singular)
tempoillemme (allative plural)
temponamme (essive singular)
tempoinamme (essive plural)
tempoksemme (singular translative)
tempoiksemme (plural translative)
tempottamme (abessive singular)
tempoittamme (abessive plural)
tempoinemme (comitative plural)
temponne (nominative singular)
temponne (nominative plural)
temponne (accusative nominative singular)
temponne (accusative nominative plural)
temponne (accusative genitive singular)
temponne (accusative genitive plural)
temponne (genitive singular)
tempojenne (genitive plural)
tempoanne (partitive singular)
tempojanne (partitive plural)
tempossanne (inessive singular)
tempoissanne (inessive plural)
tempostanne (elative singular)
tempoistanne (elative plural)
tempoonne (illative singular)
tempoihinne (illative plural)
tempollanne (adessive singular)
tempoillanne (adessive plural)
tempoltanne (ablative singular)
tempoiltanne (ablative plural)
tempollenne (allative singular)
tempoillenne (allative plural)
temponanne (essive singular)
tempoinanne (essive plural)
tempoksenne (singular translative)
tempoiksenne (plural translative)
tempottanne (abessive singular)
tempoittanne (abessive plural)
tempoinenne (comitative plural)
temponsa (nominative singular)
temponsa (nominative plural)
temponsa (accusative nominative singular)
temponsa (accusative nominative plural)
temponsa (accusative genitive singular)
temponsa (accusative genitive plural)
temponsa (genitive singular)
tempojensa (genitive plural)
tempoaan (partitive singular)
tempoansa (partitive singular)
tempojaan (partitive plural)
tempojansa (partitive plural)
tempossaan (inessive singular)
tempossansa (inessive singular)
tempoissaan (inessive plural)
tempoissansa (inessive plural)
tempostaan (elative singular)
tempostansa (elative singular)
tempoistaan (elative plural)
tempoistansa (elative plural)
tempoonsa (illative singular)
tempoihinsa (illative plural)
tempollaan (adessive singular)
tempollansa (adessive singular)
tempoillaan (adessive plural)
tempoillansa (adessive plural)
tempoltaan (ablative singular)
tempoltansa (ablative singular)
tempoiltaan (ablative plural)
tempoiltansa (ablative plural)
tempolleen (allative singular)
tempollensa (allative singular)
tempoilleen (allative plural)
tempoillensa (allative plural)
temponaan (essive singular)
temponansa (essive singular)
tempoinaan (essive plural)
tempoinansa (essive plural)
tempokseen (singular translative)
tempoksensa (singular translative)
tempoikseen (plural translative)
tempoiksensa (plural translative)
tempottaan (abessive singular)
tempottansa (abessive singular)
tempoittaan (abessive plural)
tempoittansa (abessive plural)
tempoineen (comitative plural)
tempoinensa (comitative plural)
tempo (nominative singular)
temmot (nominative plural)
tempo (accusative nominative singular)
temmot (accusative nominative plural)
temmon (accusative genitive singular)
temmot (accusative genitive plural)
temmon (genitive singular)
tempojen (genitive plural)
tempoa (partitive singular)
tempoja (partitive plural)
temmossa (inessive singular)
temmoissa (inessive plural)
temmosta (elative singular)
temmoista (elative plural)
tempoon (illative singular)
tempoihin (illative plural)
temmolla (adessive singular)
temmoilla (adessive plural)
temmolta (ablative singular)
temmoilta (ablative plural)
temmolle (allative singular)
temmoille (allative plural)
tempona (essive singular)
tempoina (essive plural)
temmoksi (singular translative)
temmoiksi (plural translative)
temmotta (abessive singular)
temmoitta (abessive plural)
temmoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
temponi (nominative singular)
temponi (nominative plural)
temponi (accusative nominative singular)
temponi (accusative nominative plural)
temponi (accusative genitive singular)
temponi (accusative genitive plural)
temponi (genitive singular)
tempojeni (genitive plural)
tempoani (partitive singular)
tempojani (partitive plural)
temmossani (inessive singular)
temmoissani (inessive plural)
temmostani (elative singular)
temmoistani (elative plural)
tempooni (illative singular)
tempoihini (illative plural)
temmollani (adessive singular)
temmoillani (adessive plural)
temmoltani (ablative singular)
temmoiltani (ablative plural)
temmolleni (allative singular)
temmoilleni (allative plural)
temponani (essive singular)
tempoinani (essive plural)
temmokseni (singular translative)
temmoikseni (plural translative)
temmottani (abessive singular)
temmoittani (abessive plural)
tempoineni (comitative plural)
temposi (nominative singular)
temposi (nominative plural)
temposi (accusative nominative singular)
temposi (accusative nominative plural)
temposi (accusative genitive singular)
temposi (accusative genitive plural)
temposi (genitive singular)
tempojesi (genitive plural)
tempoasi (partitive singular)
tempojasi (partitive plural)
temmossasi (inessive singular)
temmoissasi (inessive plural)
temmostasi (elative singular)
temmoistasi (elative plural)
tempoosi (illative singular)
tempoihisi (illative plural)
temmollasi (adessive singular)
temmoillasi (adessive plural)
temmoltasi (ablative singular)
temmoiltasi (ablative plural)
temmollesi (allative singular)
temmoillesi (allative plural)
temponasi (essive singular)
tempoinasi (essive plural)
temmoksesi (singular translative)
temmoiksesi (plural translative)
temmottasi (abessive singular)
temmoittasi (abessive plural)
tempoinesi (comitative plural)
tempomme (nominative singular)
tempomme (nominative plural)
tempomme (accusative nominative singular)
tempomme (accusative nominative plural)
tempomme (accusative genitive singular)
tempomme (accusative genitive plural)
tempomme (genitive singular)
tempojemme (genitive plural)
tempoamme (partitive singular)
tempojamme (partitive plural)
temmossamme (inessive singular)
temmoissamme (inessive plural)
temmostamme (elative singular)
temmoistamme (elative plural)
tempoomme (illative singular)
tempoihimme (illative plural)
temmollamme (adessive singular)
temmoillamme (adessive plural)
temmoltamme (ablative singular)
temmoiltamme (ablative plural)
temmollemme (allative singular)
temmoillemme (allative plural)
temponamme (essive singular)
tempoinamme (essive plural)
temmoksemme (singular translative)
temmoiksemme (plural translative)
temmottamme (abessive singular)
temmoittamme (abessive plural)
tempoinemme (comitative plural)
temponne (nominative singular)
temponne (nominative plural)
temponne (accusative nominative singular)
temponne (accusative nominative plural)
temponne (accusative genitive singular)
temponne (accusative genitive plural)
temponne (genitive singular)
tempojenne (genitive plural)
tempoanne (partitive singular)
tempojanne (partitive plural)
temmossanne (inessive singular)
temmoissanne (inessive plural)
temmostanne (elative singular)
temmoistanne (elative plural)
tempoonne (illative singular)
tempoihinne (illative plural)
temmollanne (adessive singular)
temmoillanne (adessive plural)
temmoltanne (ablative singular)
temmoiltanne (ablative plural)
temmollenne (allative singular)
temmoillenne (allative plural)
temponanne (essive singular)
tempoinanne (essive plural)
temmoksenne (singular translative)
temmoiksenne (plural translative)
temmottanne (abessive singular)
temmoittanne (abessive plural)
tempoinenne (comitative plural)
temponsa (nominative singular)
temponsa (nominative plural)
temponsa (accusative nominative singular)
temponsa (accusative nominative plural)
temponsa (accusative genitive singular)
temponsa (accusative genitive plural)
temponsa (genitive singular)
tempojensa (genitive plural)
tempoaan (partitive singular)
tempoansa (partitive singular)
tempojaan (partitive plural)
tempojansa (partitive plural)
temmossaan (inessive singular)
temmossansa (inessive singular)
temmoissaan (inessive plural)
temmoissansa (inessive plural)
temmostaan (elative singular)
temmostansa (elative singular)
temmoistaan (elative plural)
temmoistansa (elative plural)
tempoonsa (illative singular)
tempoihinsa (illative plural)
temmollaan (adessive singular)
temmollansa (adessive singular)
temmoillaan (adessive plural)
temmoillansa (adessive plural)
temmoltaan (ablative singular)
temmoltansa (ablative singular)
temmoiltaan (ablative plural)
temmoiltansa (ablative plural)
temmolleen (allative singular)
temmollensa (allative singular)
temmoilleen (allative plural)
temmoillensa (allative plural)
temponaan (essive singular)
temponansa (essive singular)
tempoinaan (essive plural)
tempoinansa (essive plural)
temmokseen (singular translative)
temmoksensa (singular translative)
temmoikseen (plural translative)
temmoiksensa (plural translative)
temmottaan (abessive singular)
temmottansa (abessive singular)
temmoittaan (abessive plural)
temmoittansa (abessive plural)
tempoineen (comitative plural)
tempoinensa (comitative plural)


tempo

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From Latin tempus (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“stretch”), from the root *temp- (“to stretch, string”).

Presto. significa un grado di movimento più celere dell'allegro. […] Oltre […] vi sono, il tempo giusto che indica un movimento moderato, nel quale le note esser devono ben marcate, ma con un grado di forza proporzionato alla diversa figura

1820, Pietro Giannelli, “Lezione Ⅵ. Del tempo e del movimento. [Lesson 6 - On tempo and movement]”, in Grammatica ragionata della musica [Reasoned grammar of music], 2nd edition, Venice: Tipografia Andrea Santini e figlio, page 25:

Presto indicates a faster degree of movement than allegro. There is also tempo giusto, which indicates a moderate movement, wherein the notes are to be distinct, but with a degree of force proportional to different lengths

(music) time, tempo, rhythm, beat, pulse


tempo

tempo (nominative singular)
tempa (nominative plural)
tempa (genitive singular)
temp (genitive plural)
tempu (dative singular)
tempom (dative plural)
tempo (accusative singular)
tempa (accusative plural)
tempem (instrumental singular)
tempami (instrumental plural)
tempie (locative singular)
tempach (locative plural)
tempo (singular vocative)
tempa (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Italian tempo, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European *tempos.

(music) tempo (number of beats per minute)


tempo

Borrowed from Italian tempo. Doublet of tiempo.


tempo

tempo (indefinite nominative singular)
tempot (definite nominative singular)
tempon (indefinite nominative plural)
tempona (definite nominative plural)
tempos (genitive indefinite singular)
tempots (definite genitive singular)
tempons (genitive indefinite plural)
temponas (definite genitive plural)


tempo

head

tempo (definite accusative tempoyu, plural tempolar)

tempoyu (accusative definite)
tempolar (plural)
tempo (nominative singular)
tempolar (nominative plural)
tempoyu (accusative definite singular)
tempoları (accusative definite plural)
tempoya (dative singular)
tempolara (dative plural)
tempoda (locative singular)
tempolarda (locative plural)
tempodan (ablative singular)
tempolardan (ablative plural)
temponun (genitive singular)
tempoların (genitive plural)
tempom (first-person nominative singular)
tempolarım (first-person nominative singular)
tempon (nominative second-person singular)
tempoların (nominative second-person singular)
temposu (nominative singular third-person)
tempoları (nominative singular third-person)
tempomuz (first-person nominative plural)
tempolarımız (first-person nominative plural)
temponuz (nominative plural second-person)
tempolarınız (nominative plural second-person)
tempoları (nominative plural third-person)
tempomu (accusative definite first-person singular)
tempolarımı (accusative definite first-person singular)
temponu (accusative definite second-person singular)
tempolarını (accusative definite second-person singular)
temposunu (accusative definite singular third-person)
tempolarını (accusative definite singular third-person)
tempomuzu (accusative definite first-person plural)
tempolarımızı (accusative definite first-person plural)
temponuzu (accusative definite plural second-person)
tempolarınızı (accusative definite plural second-person)
tempolarını (accusative definite plural third-person)
tempoma (dative first-person singular)
tempolarıma (dative first-person singular)
tempona (dative second-person singular)
tempolarına (dative second-person singular)
temposuna (dative singular third-person)
tempolarına (dative singular third-person)
tempomuza (dative first-person plural)
tempolarımıza (dative first-person plural)
temponuza (dative plural second-person)
tempolarınıza (dative plural second-person)
tempolarına (dative plural third-person)
tempomda (first-person locative singular)
tempolarımda (first-person locative singular)
temponda (locative second-person singular)
tempolarında (locative second-person singular)
temposunda (locative singular third-person)
tempolarında (locative singular third-person)
tempomuzda (first-person locative plural)
tempolarımızda (first-person locative plural)
temponuzda (locative plural second-person)
tempolarınızda (locative plural second-person)
tempolarında (locative plural third-person)
tempomdan (ablative first-person singular)
tempolarımdan (ablative first-person singular)
tempondan (ablative second-person singular)
tempolarından (ablative second-person singular)
temposundan (ablative singular third-person)
tempolarından (ablative singular third-person)
tempomuzdan (ablative first-person plural)
tempolarımızdan (ablative first-person plural)
temponuzdan (ablative plural second-person)
tempolarınızdan (ablative plural second-person)
tempolarından (ablative plural third-person)
tempomun (first-person genitive singular)
tempolarımın (first-person genitive singular)
temponun (genitive second-person singular)
tempolarının (genitive second-person singular)
temposunun (genitive singular third-person)
tempolarının (genitive singular third-person)
tempomuzun (first-person genitive plural)
tempolarımızın (first-person genitive plural)
temponuzun (genitive plural second-person)
tempolarınızın (genitive plural second-person)
tempolarının (genitive plural third-person)


throne

From Middle English trone, from Old French trone, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos, “chair, throne”). Superseded earlier seld (“seat, throne”).

der

(music) A kind of stool used by drummers.


trumpet

From Middle English trumpet, trumpette, trompette (“trumpet”), from Old French trompette (“trumpet”), diminutive of trompe (“horn, trump, trumpet”), from Frankish *trumpa, *trumba (“trumpet”), ultimately imitative.
Cognate with Old High German trumpa, trumba (“horn, trumpet”), Middle Dutch tromme (“drum”), Middle Low German trumme (“drum”), Old Norse trumba (“pipe; trumpet”). More at drum.
Displaced native English beme, from Middle English beme, from Old English bīeme.

onomatopoeic

imitative

The royal herald sounded a trumpet to announce their arrival.

In trumpets for assisting the hearing, all reverbation of the trumpet must be avoided. It must be made thick, of the least elastic materials, and covered with cloth externally. For all reverbation lasts for a short time, and produces new sounds which mix with those which are coming in.

1820, Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, 6th edition, volume 20, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company, page 501:

(music) A musical instrument of the brass family, generally tuned to the key of B-flat; by extension, any type of lip-vibrated aerophone, most often valveless and not chromatic.


fourteenth

/ˌfɔːˈtiːnθ/

/ˌfɔɹˈtiːnθ/

(music) The interval comprising an octave and a seventh.

kvartdecima

the interval comprising an octave and a seventh


fifteenth

(music) The interval comprising two octaves.


seventh

From Middle English seventhe, sefte, from Old English seofoþa, from Proto-West Germanic *sebundō, from Proto-Germanic *sebundô.

(music) A tone of the seventh degree from a given tone, the interval between two such tones, or the two tones sounding in unison.


thirteenth

/ˌθɜːˈtiːnθ/

(music) The interval comprising an octave and a sixth.

tredesiimi

the interval comprising an octave and a sixth


eleventh

From Middle English elleventhe, from elleven + -the, equivalent to eleven + -th. This re-formation replaced inherited forms such as endleft, ellefthe, from Old English endlefta, from Proto-Germanic *ainaliftô.

(music) The note eleven scale degrees from the root of a chord.

undecima

the note eleven scale degrees from the root of a chord


ground

en-noun

ground (countable and uncountable, plural grounds)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʰrm̥túsder.
Proto-Germanic *grunduz
Old English grund
Middle English ground
English ground
From Middle English ground, from Old English grund, from Proto-Germanic *grunduz. Cognate with West Frisian grûn, Dutch grond and German Grund.

etymon

cut the ground from under someone's feet

know one's ass from a hole in the ground

know one's head from a hole in the ground

know the difference between one's ass and a hole in the ground

(music) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.

Buck[ingham] The Mayor is here at hand; pretend ſome fear, // Be not you ſpoke with, but by mighty ſuit; // And look you get a prayer-book in your hand, // And ſtand between two churchmen, good my lord, // For on that ground I’ll build a holy deſcant: // And be not eaſily won to our requeſts: // Play the maid’s part, ſtill anſwer nay, and take it.

c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vii]:

(music) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.


twelfth

From Middle English twelfthe, twelfte, from Old English twelfta (“twelfth”), from Proto-Germanic *twaliftô (“twelfth”), equivalent to twelve + -th. Cognate with Scots twalt (“twelfth”), Saterland Frisian tweelfte (“twelfth”), West Frisian tolfde (“twelfth”), Dutch twaalfde (“twelfth”), German Low German twalfde, twalvde (“twelfth”), German zwölfte (“twelfth”), Danish tolvte (“twelfth”),
Swedish tolfte (“twelfth”), Icelandic tólfta (“twelfth”).

twelfe

but the corresponding pronunciation /twɛlf/ is still widespread today

(music) An interval equal to an octave plus a fifth.


triangle

/ˈtɹaɪəŋɡəl/

/ˈtɹaɪˌæŋɡəl/

/ˈtɹaɪˌæŋɡəl/

PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English triangle, from Old French triangle, from Latin triangulum, noun use of adjective triangulus (“three-cornered, having three angles”), from trēs (“three”) + angulus (“corner, angle”), equivalent to tri- + angle.

percussion instrument
percussion instrument

(music) A percussion instrument made by forming a metal rod into a triangular shape which is open at one angle. It is suspended from a string and hit with a metal bar to make a resonant sound.


triangle

Borrowed from Latin triangulum. By surface analysis, tri- + angle.

(music) triangle (percussion instrument)


keyboard

(music) A component of many instruments including the piano, organ, and harpsichord consisting of usually black and white keys that cause different tones to be produced when struck.

(music) A device with keys of a musical keyboard, used to control electronic sound-producing devices which may be built into or separate from the keyboard device.

klawerbord

electronic device with keys of a musical keyboard


keyboard

nl-noun

keyboard n (plural keyboards or keyboarden, diminutive keyboardje n)

keyboards (plural)
keyboarden (plural)
keyboardje (diminutive neuter)

(music) keyboard (electrical keyboard instrument)


keyboard

keyboard (indefinite nominative singular)
keyboarden (definite nominative singular)
keyboards (indefinite nominative plural)
keyboardar (indefinite nominative plural)
keyboardarna (definite nominative plural)
keyboards (genitive indefinite singular)
keyboardens (definite genitive singular)
keyboards (genitive indefinite plural)
keyboardars (genitive indefinite plural)
keyboardarnas (definite genitive plural)
keyboard (indefinite nominative singular)
keyboardet (definite nominative singular)
keyboards (indefinite nominative plural)
keyboard (indefinite nominative plural)
keyboarden (definite nominative plural)
keyboards (genitive indefinite singular)
keyboardets (definite genitive singular)
keyboards (genitive indefinite plural)
keyboardens (definite genitive plural)

klaviatur

keyboard (on a piano, organ, harpsichord, etc.)


bit

bit (nominative singular)
bity (nominative plural)
bitu (genitive singular)
bitów (genitive plural)
bitowi (dative singular)
bitom (dative plural)
bit (accusative singular)
bity (accusative plural)
bitem (instrumental singular)
bitami (instrumental plural)
bicie (locative singular)
bitach (locative plural)
bicie (singular vocative)
bity (plural vocative)

(music) beat (rhythm signalled by a conductor or other musician to the members of a group of musicians)


take

Brill Publishers
Helmut Rix
Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben

From Middle English taken (“to take, lay hold of, grasp, strike”), from Old English tacan (“to grasp, touch”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse taka (“to touch, take”), from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to touch”), from pre-Germanic *deh₁g- (“to touch”), possibly a phonetically altered form of Proto-Indo-European *te-th₂g- (“to touch, take”) (see there for details).
Cognate with Scots tak, Icelandic and Norwegian Nynorsk taka (“to take”), Norwegian Bokmål ta (“to take”), Swedish ta (“to take”), Danish tage (“to take, seize”), Middle Dutch taken (“to grasp”), Dutch taken (“to take; grasp”), Middle Low German tacken (“to grasp”). English thack may be from the same root. Compare tackle. Unrelated to Lithuanian tèkti (“to receive, be granted”), which is instead cognate with English thig.
Gradually displaced Middle English nimen (“to take”; see nim), from Old English niman (“to take”).

noncog

(music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.


bank

Probably from French banc. Of Germanic origin, and akin to English bench.

Edward H[enry] Knight
w:Edward H. Knight

(music) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.


musical

musical (nominative singular)
musicale (nominative plural)
musicalu (genitive singular)
musicali (genitive plural)
musicalowi (dative singular)
musicalom (dative plural)
musical (accusative singular)
musicale (accusative plural)
musicalem (instrumental singular)
musicalami (instrumental plural)
musicalu (locative singular)
musicalach (locative plural)
musicalu (singular vocative)
musicale (plural vocative)

Unadapted borrowing from English musical, from Middle English musical, from Old French, from Medieval Latin mūsicālis, from Latin mūsica + -ālis.

ubor

(film, music, theater) musical (stage performance, show or film)


pit

From Middle English pit, pet, püt, from Old English pytt, from Proto-West Germanic *puti, from Latin puteus (“trench, pit, well”), although there are phonetic difficulties.

he who digs a pit for others falls in himself

(music) The section of a marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to be marched, such as the tam-tam; the front ensemble. Can also refer to the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed.


adjunct

/ˈæd͡ʒ.ʌŋkt/

From Latin adiunctus, perfect passive participle of adiungō (“join to”), from ad + iungō (“join”). Doublet of adjoint.

(music) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key.


fourth

non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger

Inherited from Middle English fourthe, an alteration (due to four) of ferthe, from Old English fēorþa, fēowerþa, from Proto-West Germanic *feurþō, from Proto-Germanic *fedurþô, equivalent to four + -th.
cognates
Compare West Frisian fjirde, Saterland Frisian fjädde, fjoode, Dutch vierde, German Low German feerde, feerd, German vierte, Danish fjerde, Icelandic fjórði.

Now I've heard there was a secret chord / That David played, and it pleased the Lord / But you don't really care for music, do ya? / It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth

1984, Leonard Cohen (lyrics and music), “Hallelujah”, in Various Positions:

(music) A musical interval which spans four degrees of the diatonic scale, for example C to F (C D E F).

kwart

musical interval spanning four degrees of the diatonic scale


tenth

From Middle English tenth, tenthe. Old English had tēoþa (origin of Modern English tithe), but the force of analogy to the cardinal number "ten" caused Middle English speakers to recreate the regular ordinal and re-insert the nasal consonant. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tehundô. Equivalent to ten (numeral) + -th (suffix forming ordinals).

affix

(music) The interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and three of the octave above; the octave of the third.

decima

the interval between any tone and the tone represented on the tenth degree of the staff above it


compass

From Middle English compas (“a circle, circuit, limit, form, a mathematical instrument”), from Old French compas, from Medieval Latin compassus (“a circle, a circuit”), from Latin com- (“together”) + passus (“a pace, step, later a pass, way, route”); see pass, pace.

der

You would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass.

c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

(music) The range of notes of a musical instrument or voice.


xylophone

From xylo- (“of wood”) + -phone (“sound”).

All I know how to play on my xylophone is "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Would you like to hear it?

percussion idiophone
percussion idiophone

(music) Any musical instrument (percussion idiophone) made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like mallet; the standard Western concert xylophone or one of its derivatives.


third

en-noun

third (countable and uncountable, plural thirds)

PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English thirde, thridde, from Old English þridda, from Proto-Germanic *þridjô, from Pre-Germanic *tretyós, a remodeling of Proto-Indo-European *tr̥tyós.

They sing in thirds.

(music) An interval consisting of the first and third notes in a scale.


bongo

Likely borrowed from English bongo, from Spanish bongó, probably of onomatopoeic origin.

(music) a bongo (small Cuban drum used in pairs)


bongo

bongo (nominative singular)
bongot (nominative plural)
bongo (accusative nominative singular)
bongot (accusative nominative plural)
bongon (accusative genitive singular)
bongot (accusative genitive plural)
bongon (genitive singular)
bongojen (genitive plural)
bongoa (partitive singular)
bongoja (partitive plural)
bongossa (inessive singular)
bongoissa (inessive plural)
bongosta (elative singular)
bongoista (elative plural)
bongoon (illative singular)
bongoihin (illative plural)
bongolla (adessive singular)
bongoilla (adessive plural)
bongolta (ablative singular)
bongoilta (ablative plural)
bongolle (allative singular)
bongoille (allative plural)
bongona (essive singular)
bongoina (essive plural)
bongoksi (singular translative)
bongoiksi (plural translative)
bongotta (abessive singular)
bongoitta (abessive plural)
bongoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
bongoni (nominative singular)
bongoni (nominative plural)
bongoni (accusative nominative singular)
bongoni (accusative nominative plural)
bongoni (accusative genitive singular)
bongoni (accusative genitive plural)
bongoni (genitive singular)
bongojeni (genitive plural)
bongoani (partitive singular)
bongojani (partitive plural)
bongossani (inessive singular)
bongoissani (inessive plural)
bongostani (elative singular)
bongoistani (elative plural)
bongooni (illative singular)
bongoihini (illative plural)
bongollani (adessive singular)
bongoillani (adessive plural)
bongoltani (ablative singular)
bongoiltani (ablative plural)
bongolleni (allative singular)
bongoilleni (allative plural)
bongonani (essive singular)
bongoinani (essive plural)
bongokseni (singular translative)
bongoikseni (plural translative)
bongottani (abessive singular)
bongoittani (abessive plural)
bongoineni (comitative plural)
bongosi (nominative singular)
bongosi (nominative plural)
bongosi (accusative nominative singular)
bongosi (accusative nominative plural)
bongosi (accusative genitive singular)
bongosi (accusative genitive plural)
bongosi (genitive singular)
bongojesi (genitive plural)
bongoasi (partitive singular)
bongojasi (partitive plural)
bongossasi (inessive singular)
bongoissasi (inessive plural)
bongostasi (elative singular)
bongoistasi (elative plural)
bongoosi (illative singular)
bongoihisi (illative plural)
bongollasi (adessive singular)
bongoillasi (adessive plural)
bongoltasi (ablative singular)
bongoiltasi (ablative plural)
bongollesi (allative singular)
bongoillesi (allative plural)
bongonasi (essive singular)
bongoinasi (essive plural)
bongoksesi (singular translative)
bongoiksesi (plural translative)
bongottasi (abessive singular)
bongoittasi (abessive plural)
bongoinesi (comitative plural)
bongomme (nominative singular)
bongomme (nominative plural)
bongomme (accusative nominative singular)
bongomme (accusative nominative plural)
bongomme (accusative genitive singular)
bongomme (accusative genitive plural)
bongomme (genitive singular)
bongojemme (genitive plural)
bongoamme (partitive singular)
bongojamme (partitive plural)
bongossamme (inessive singular)
bongoissamme (inessive plural)
bongostamme (elative singular)
bongoistamme (elative plural)
bongoomme (illative singular)
bongoihimme (illative plural)
bongollamme (adessive singular)
bongoillamme (adessive plural)
bongoltamme (ablative singular)
bongoiltamme (ablative plural)
bongollemme (allative singular)
bongoillemme (allative plural)
bongonamme (essive singular)
bongoinamme (essive plural)
bongoksemme (singular translative)
bongoiksemme (plural translative)
bongottamme (abessive singular)
bongoittamme (abessive plural)
bongoinemme (comitative plural)
bongonne (nominative singular)
bongonne (nominative plural)
bongonne (accusative nominative singular)
bongonne (accusative nominative plural)
bongonne (accusative genitive singular)
bongonne (accusative genitive plural)
bongonne (genitive singular)
bongojenne (genitive plural)
bongoanne (partitive singular)
bongojanne (partitive plural)
bongossanne (inessive singular)
bongoissanne (inessive plural)
bongostanne (elative singular)
bongoistanne (elative plural)
bongoonne (illative singular)
bongoihinne (illative plural)
bongollanne (adessive singular)
bongoillanne (adessive plural)
bongoltanne (ablative singular)
bongoiltanne (ablative plural)
bongollenne (allative singular)
bongoillenne (allative plural)
bongonanne (essive singular)
bongoinanne (essive plural)
bongoksenne (singular translative)
bongoiksenne (plural translative)
bongottanne (abessive singular)
bongoittanne (abessive plural)
bongoinenne (comitative plural)
bongonsa (nominative singular)
bongonsa (nominative plural)
bongonsa (accusative nominative singular)
bongonsa (accusative nominative plural)
bongonsa (accusative genitive singular)
bongonsa (accusative genitive plural)
bongonsa (genitive singular)
bongojensa (genitive plural)
bongoaan (partitive singular)
bongoansa (partitive singular)
bongojaan (partitive plural)
bongojansa (partitive plural)
bongossaan (inessive singular)
bongossansa (inessive singular)
bongoissaan (inessive plural)
bongoissansa (inessive plural)
bongostaan (elative singular)
bongostansa (elative singular)
bongoistaan (elative plural)
bongoistansa (elative plural)
bongoonsa (illative singular)
bongoihinsa (illative plural)
bongollaan (adessive singular)
bongollansa (adessive singular)
bongoillaan (adessive plural)
bongoillansa (adessive plural)
bongoltaan (ablative singular)
bongoltansa (ablative singular)
bongoiltaan (ablative plural)
bongoiltansa (ablative plural)
bongolleen (allative singular)
bongollensa (allative singular)
bongoilleen (allative plural)
bongoillensa (allative plural)
bongonaan (essive singular)
bongonansa (essive singular)
bongoinaan (essive plural)
bongoinansa (essive plural)
bongokseen (singular translative)
bongoksensa (singular translative)
bongoikseen (plural translative)
bongoiksensa (plural translative)
bongottaan (abessive singular)
bongottansa (abessive singular)
bongoittaan (abessive plural)
bongoittansa (abessive plural)
bongoineen (comitative plural)
bongoinensa (comitative plural)

From English bongo, from American Spanish bongó.

Bongoja soitetaan myös Lähi-idässä, Turkissa ja arabimaissa.

Bongos are also used as an instrument in the Middle East, Turkey and Arab countries.


head

head (countable and uncountable, plural heads or head)

base

antonym(s) of “topmost part of anything”

→ Japanese: ヘッド (heddo)

Sranan Tongo: ede

Aukan: ede

Saramaccan: hédi

From Middle English hed, heed, heved, heaved, from Old English hēafd-, hēafod (“head; top; source, origin; chief, leader; capital”), from Proto-West Germanic *haubud, from Proto-Germanic *haubudą (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *káput-. The modern word comes from Old English oblique stem hēafd-, the expected Modern English outcome for hēafod would be *heaved (similar to the Middle English word). Doublet of cape, capo, caput, chef, chief, and Howth.
cognates
Cognate with Scots heid, hede, hevid, heved (“head”), Old English hafola (“head”), North Frisian hood (“head”), Dutch hoofd (“head”), German Haupt (“head”), Swedish huvud (“head”), Danish hoved (“head”), Icelandic höfuð (“head”), Latin caput (“head”), Sanskrit कपाल (kapāla, “skull”), Hindi कपाल (kapāl, “skull”).

頭

つぶり, tsuburi, つぃぶる, tsiburu, つぃぶるぃ, tsiburi

pää

have one's head screwed on the right way

run around like a chicken with its head cut off

would lose one's head if it wasn't attached

would lose one's head if it wasn't bolted on

would lose one's head if it wasn't glued on

would lose one's head if it wasn't screwed on

would lose one's head if it wasn't stuck on

would lose one's head if it wasn't tied on

would lose one's head if it weren't attached

you can't put an old head on young shoulders

you can't put a wise head on young shoulders

Tap the head of the drum for this roll.

en:topmost, foremost, or leading part of any of various things

(countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.

(countable) The principal operative part of a machine or tool.

(music) A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.

The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
The headstock of a guitar.

Only true heads know this.

(social, countable, metonymically) A leader or expert.

(music, slang, figurative, metonymically) A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.


copula

Borrowed from Latin copula (“connection, linking of words”), from co- (“together”) + apere (“fasten”). Doublet of couple.

bor

(music) A device that connects two or more keyboards of an organ.


second

From Middle English secunde, second, secound, secund, borrowed from Old French second, seond, from Latin secundus (“following, next in order”), from root of sequor (“I follow”), from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”). Doublet of secund and secundo. Displaced native twoth and partially displaced native other (from Old English ōþer (“other; next; second”)).

noncog

(music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised or lowered from the basic scale via any type of accidental).

sekunde

music: interval between two adjacent notes


second

en-verb

second (third-person singular simple present seconds, present participle seconding, simple past and past participle seconded)

seconds (present singular third-person)
seconding (participle present)
seconded (participle past)
seconded (past)

From Middle French seconder, from Latin secundō (“assist, make favorable”).

der

(transitive, music) To accompany by singing as the second performer.


ninth

From Middle English nynthe, nynte, from Old English niġoþa, from Proto-Germanic *newundô; the -n- was reinserted by analogy with nine.

(music) The compound interval between any tone and the tone represented on the ninth degree of the staff above it, as between one of the scale and two of the octave above; the octave of the second, consisting of 13 or 14 semitones (called minor and major ninth).


time

en-noun

time (countable and uncountable, plural times)

Sranan Tongo: ten

→ Punjabi:

desc

Gurmukhi script: ਟਾਇਮ (ṭāima), ਟੈਮ (ṭaim), ਟਾਈਮ (ṭāīma)

Shahmukhi script: ٹائم (ṭā'im)

From Middle English tyme, time, from Old English tīma (“time, period, space of time, season, lifetime, fixed time, favorable time, opportunity”), from Proto-West Germanic *tīmō, from Proto-Germanic *tīmô (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂imō, from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to divide”). Related to tide. Not related to Latin tempus.
cognates
*Scots tym, tyme (“time”)
*Alemannic German Zimen, Zīmmän (“time, time of the year, opportune time, opportunity”)
*Danish time (“hour, lesson”)
*Swedish timme (“hour”)
*Norwegian time (“lesson, hour”)
*Faroese tími (“hour, lesson, time”)
*Icelandic tími (“time, season”).

عَصْر

extended period of time, defined or undefined: age, era, etc.

at church every time the doors swing open

desperate times call for desperate measures

desperate times require desperate measures

serial time-encoded amplified microscopy

there is a place and time for everything

there is a time and a place for everything

there is a time and place for everything

there's a time and a place for everything

time spent laughing is time spent with the gods

time stretch analog-to-digital converter

Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class I § 106. Time

The musician keeps good time.

some few lines set unto a solemn time

1619–1620, John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, “The False One. A Tragedy.”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii:

(music, uncountable) The measured duration of sounds.

(uncountable) Tempo; a measured rate of movement.

The measured duration of sounds.
Tempo; a measured rate of movement.

common or triple time; time signature

(uncountable) Rhythmical division, meter.

The measured duration of sounds.
Rhythmical division, meter.

কাল

major division of the year: month, season, etc.

After the introduction, the drummer is to play time.

(jazz) (uncountable) A straight rhythmic pattern, free from fills, breaks and other embellishments.

(dated) dance time; march time (see usage notes)


quaver

From Middle English quaveren, frequentative form of quaven, cwavien (“to tremble”), equivalent to quave + -er. Cognate with Low German quabbeln (“to quiver”), German quabbeln, quappeln (“to quiver”). More at quave, quab, quiver.

The crotchets and quavers are dancing up and down the stave like little black boys on a fence.

1920 August 27, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “The Wind Blows”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, pages 140–141:

(music) an eighth note, drawn as a crotchet (quarter note) with a tail.

โน้ตตัวเขบ็ดหนึ่งชั้น (nóot-dtuua-kà-bèt-nʉ̀ng-chán, literally “one layer quaver body note”)


octuplet

(music) A group of eight notes played in the time of six.


fifth

PIE word
 *pénkʷe
From Middle English fifthe, fifte, fift, from Old English fīfta (“fifth”), from Proto-Germanic *fimftô (“fifth”) or *femftô, equivalent to five + -th. Cognate with Scots fift, fyft (“fifth”), North Frisian fyfde (“fifth”), West Frisian fyfde (“fifth”), Dutch vijfde (“fifth”), Low German fifte, föfte, füfte (“fifth”), German fünfte (“fifth”), Danish femte (“fifth”), Swedish femte (“fifth”), Icelandic fimmta (“fifth”).

(music) The musical interval between one note and another five scale degrees higher (the fifth note in a scale)


fifth

en-verb

fifth (third-person singular simple present fifths, present participle fifthing, simple past and past participle fifthed)

fifths (present singular third-person)
fifthing (participle present)
fifthed (participle past)
fifthed (past)

Another extension of strict organum is 'fifthing'. Fifthing is a note-against- note method of creating a two-part texture by improvising a second voice over the given tune, starting and ending each musical phrase at the octave and proceeding mainly in fifths above the tune at others times.

1996, Music in Early English Religious Drama: Minstrels playing, page 510:

Each of these three groups contributes some special insight into the nature of fifthing and the context in which it was practiced.

1978, Discant and the Theory of Fifthing:

(music) To sing in the fifth voice in a polyphonic melody.


sextuplet

(music) A group of six notes played in the time of four.

(music, proscribed) A group of six notes played in the time of four, with accents on the first, third and fifth notes.

(music, proscribed) A group of six notes played in the time of four, with accents on the first and fourth notes; a double triplet.

(music, proscribed) A group of six notes played in the time of four, with an accent only on the first note.


quadruplet

A set of four, particularly
(music) A tuplet of four notes.

A set of four, particularly
A tuplet of four notes.


sixth

six (frequent reduced form before a consonant)

From earlier sixt, from Middle English sixte, from Old English siexta, from Proto-Germanic *sehstô.

(music) The interval between one note and another, five notes higher in the scale, for example C to A, a major sixth, or C to A flat, a minor sixth. (Note that the interval covers six notes counting inclusively, for example C-D-E-F-G-A.)


i

head

i (lower case Roman numeral, upper case I)

Lower case form of upper case Roman numeral I, apparently derived from the shape of a notch scored across a tally stick.


consonant

en-adj

consonant (comparative more consonant, superlative most consonant)

more consonant (comparative)
most consonant (superlative)

From Middle English consonant or consonaunt, from Old French consonant, from Latin cōnsonāns (“sounding with”), from the prefix con- (“with”) + the present participle sonāns (“sounding”), from sonāre (“to sound”). The Latin is a calque of Ancient Greek σύμφωνον (súmphōnon).

consonant tones; consonant chords

(music) Harmonizing together; accordant.


close

From Middle English closen (“to close, enclose”), partly continuing (in altered form) earlier Middle English clusen (“to close”) (from Old English clȳsan (“to close, shut”); compare beclose, foreclose, etc.), and partly derived from Middle English clos (“close, shut up, confined, secret”, adjective), from Old French clos (“close, confined”, adjective), from Latin clausus (“shut up”, past participle), from claudere (“to bar, block, close, enclose, bring an end to, confine”), from Proto-Indo-European *klāw- (“key, hook, nail”), related to Latin clāvis (“key, deadbolt, bar”), clāvus (“nail, peg”), claustrum (“bar, bolt, barrier”), claustra (“dam, wall, barricade, stronghold”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κλείς (kleís, “bar, bolt, key”), German schließen (“to close, conclude, lock”), Dutch sluiten (“to close, conclude, lock”). Partially replaced Old English lūcan (“to close, lock, enclose”), (whence English lock). Doublet of clause.

cog

At every close she made, the attending throng / Replied, and bore the burden of the song.

1700, [John] Dryden, “The Flower and the Leaf: Or, The Lady in the Arbour. A Vision.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

(music) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence.


quadruple

une quadruple croche


his

his (nominative singular)
hisit (nominative plural)
his (accusative nominative singular)
hisit (accusative nominative plural)
hisin (accusative genitive singular)
hisit (accusative genitive plural)
hisin (genitive singular)
hisien (genitive plural)
hisiä (partitive singular)
hisejä (partitive plural)
hisissä (inessive singular)
hiseissä (inessive plural)
hisistä (elative singular)
hiseistä (elative plural)
hisiin (illative singular)
hiseihin (illative plural)
hisillä (adessive singular)
hiseillä (adessive plural)
hisiltä (ablative singular)
hiseiltä (ablative plural)
hisille (allative singular)
hiseille (allative plural)
hisinä (essive singular)
hiseinä (essive plural)
hisiksi (singular translative)
hiseiksi (plural translative)
hisittä (abessive singular)
hiseittä (abessive plural)
hisein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
hisini (nominative singular)
hisini (nominative plural)
hisini (accusative nominative singular)
hisini (accusative nominative plural)
hisini (accusative genitive singular)
hisini (accusative genitive plural)
hisini (genitive singular)
hisieni (genitive plural)
hisiäni (partitive singular)
hisejäni (partitive plural)
hisissäni (inessive singular)
hiseissäni (inessive plural)
hisistäni (elative singular)
hiseistäni (elative plural)
hisiini (illative singular)
hiseihini (illative plural)
hisilläni (adessive singular)
hiseilläni (adessive plural)
hisiltäni (ablative singular)
hiseiltäni (ablative plural)
hisilleni (allative singular)
hiseilleni (allative plural)
hisinäni (essive singular)
hiseinäni (essive plural)
hisikseni (singular translative)
hiseikseni (plural translative)
hisittäni (abessive singular)
hiseittäni (abessive plural)
hiseineni (comitative plural)
hisisi (nominative singular)
hisisi (nominative plural)
hisisi (accusative nominative singular)
hisisi (accusative nominative plural)
hisisi (accusative genitive singular)
hisisi (accusative genitive plural)
hisisi (genitive singular)
hisiesi (genitive plural)
hisiäsi (partitive singular)
hisejäsi (partitive plural)
hisissäsi (inessive singular)
hiseissäsi (inessive plural)
hisistäsi (elative singular)
hiseistäsi (elative plural)
hisiisi (illative singular)
hiseihisi (illative plural)
hisilläsi (adessive singular)
hiseilläsi (adessive plural)
hisiltäsi (ablative singular)
hiseiltäsi (ablative plural)
hisillesi (allative singular)
hiseillesi (allative plural)
hisinäsi (essive singular)
hiseinäsi (essive plural)
hisiksesi (singular translative)
hiseiksesi (plural translative)
hisittäsi (abessive singular)
hiseittäsi (abessive plural)
hiseinesi (comitative plural)
hisimme (nominative singular)
hisimme (nominative plural)
hisimme (accusative nominative singular)
hisimme (accusative nominative plural)
hisimme (accusative genitive singular)
hisimme (accusative genitive plural)
hisimme (genitive singular)
hisiemme (genitive plural)
hisiämme (partitive singular)
hisejämme (partitive plural)
hisissämme (inessive singular)
hiseissämme (inessive plural)
hisistämme (elative singular)
hiseistämme (elative plural)
hisiimme (illative singular)
hiseihimme (illative plural)
hisillämme (adessive singular)
hiseillämme (adessive plural)
hisiltämme (ablative singular)
hiseiltämme (ablative plural)
hisillemme (allative singular)
hiseillemme (allative plural)
hisinämme (essive singular)
hiseinämme (essive plural)
hisiksemme (singular translative)
hiseiksemme (plural translative)
hisittämme (abessive singular)
hiseittämme (abessive plural)
hiseinemme (comitative plural)
hisinne (nominative singular)
hisinne (nominative plural)
hisinne (accusative nominative singular)
hisinne (accusative nominative plural)
hisinne (accusative genitive singular)
hisinne (accusative genitive plural)
hisinne (genitive singular)
hisienne (genitive plural)
hisiänne (partitive singular)
hisejänne (partitive plural)
hisissänne (inessive singular)
hiseissänne (inessive plural)
hisistänne (elative singular)
hiseistänne (elative plural)
hisiinne (illative singular)
hiseihinne (illative plural)
hisillänne (adessive singular)
hiseillänne (adessive plural)
hisiltänne (ablative singular)
hiseiltänne (ablative plural)
hisillenne (allative singular)
hiseillenne (allative plural)
hisinänne (essive singular)
hiseinänne (essive plural)
hisiksenne (singular translative)
hiseiksenne (plural translative)
hisittänne (abessive singular)
hiseittänne (abessive plural)
hiseinenne (comitative plural)
hisinsä (nominative singular)
hisinsä (nominative plural)
hisinsä (accusative nominative singular)
hisinsä (accusative nominative plural)
hisinsä (accusative genitive singular)
hisinsä (accusative genitive plural)
hisinsä (genitive singular)
hisiensä (genitive plural)
hisiään (partitive singular)
hisiänsä (partitive singular)
hisejään (partitive plural)
hisejänsä (partitive plural)
hisissään (inessive singular)
hisissänsä (inessive singular)
hiseissään (inessive plural)
hiseissänsä (inessive plural)
hisistään (elative singular)
hisistänsä (elative singular)
hiseistään (elative plural)
hiseistänsä (elative plural)
hisiinsä (illative singular)
hiseihinsä (illative plural)
hisillään (adessive singular)
hisillänsä (adessive singular)
hiseillään (adessive plural)
hiseillänsä (adessive plural)
hisiltään (ablative singular)
hisiltänsä (ablative singular)
hiseiltään (ablative plural)
hiseiltänsä (ablative plural)
hisilleen (allative singular)
hisillensä (allative singular)
hiseilleen (allative plural)
hiseillensä (allative plural)
hisinään (essive singular)
hisinänsä (essive singular)
hiseinään (essive plural)
hiseinänsä (essive plural)
hisikseen (singular translative)
hisiksensä (singular translative)
hiseikseen (plural translative)
hiseiksensä (plural translative)
hisittään (abessive singular)
hisittänsä (abessive singular)
hiseittään (abessive plural)
hiseittänsä (abessive plural)
hiseineen (comitative plural)
hiseinensä (comitative plural)


expression

en-noun

expression (countable and uncountable, plural expressions)

Borrowed from Middle French expression, from Late Latin expressiō, expressiōnem (“a pressing out”).
Morphologically express + -ion.

der

(music) The tone of voice or sound in music.


bombard

From Middle English bombard, from Middle French bombarde (“a bombard, mortar, catapult"; also "a bassoon-like musical instrument”), from Latin bombus (“buzzing; booming”).
The modern pronunciation is from modern French bombarde.


stem

From Middle English stem, stemme, stempne, stevin, from Old English stemn, from Proto-West Germanic *stamni, from Proto-Germanic *stamniz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand, stay”).

the apple does not fall far from the stem

(music) A vertical stroke marking the length of a note in written music.

varsi

music: vertical stroke of a symbol representing a note in written music

Stem mastering processes a mix by breaking it down into several manageable pieces—that is, stereo stems. The stem approach allows the mastering engineer the opportunity to make larger or smaller changes to separate mix elements before the final compression and limiting are applied to the complete mix.

2019, Karl Pedersen, Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard, The Recording, Mixing, and Mastering Reference Handbook, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 268:

(music) A premixed portion of a track for use in audio mastering and remixing.


mi

From Glover's solmization, from Middle English mi (“third degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian mi in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin mīra (“miracles; the miraculous”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

inh

(music) A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.


mi

(music) mi (third note of diatonic scale)


mi

id-noun

mi (first-person possessive miku, second-person possessive mimu, third-person possessive minya)

miku (first-person possessive)
mimu (possessive second-person)
minya (possessive third-person)

From Latin mīra, from the first word of the third line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn which solfège was based on because its lines started on each note of the scale successively.

(music) mi, a syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.


mi

mi-en (definite singular)
mi-ar (indefinite plural)
mi-ane (definite plural)

From Latin mīra, from the first word of the fourth line of Ut queant laxis, the medieval hymn on which solfège was based because its lines started on each note of the scale successively. Through Italian.

(music) mi, a syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.


mi

mi (plural)
mi (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
un mi (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
miul (accusative definite nominative singular)
mi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
niște mi (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
mii (accusative definite nominative plural)
mi (dative genitive indefinite singular)
unui mi (dative genitive indefinite singular)
miului (dative definite genitive singular)
mi (dative genitive indefinite plural)
unor mi (dative genitive indefinite plural)
milor (dative definite genitive plural)
miule (singular vocative)
milor (plural vocative)


mi

đô, rê, mi


subject

From Latin subiectus (“a subject, an inferior”), subiectum (“the subject of a proposition”), past participle of subiciō (“throw, lay, place”), from sub (“under, at the foot of”) + iaciō (“throw, hurl”).

der

The earliest known form of subject is the ecclesiastical cantus firmus, or plain song.

1878, William Smith Rockstro, “Subject”, in A Dictionary of Music and Musicians:

(music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.