"F clef" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: F clefs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} F clef (plural F clefs)
  1. (music) a clef which indicates the position of F below middle C in a given staff. Categories (topical): Music Translations (a clef): 低音譜號 (Chinese Mandarin), 低音谱号 (dīyīn pǔhào) (Chinese Mandarin), bassoavain (Finnish), F-avain (Finnish), F-nuottiavain (Finnish), clef de fa [feminine] (French), Bassschlüssel [masculine] (German), f-lykill (Icelandic), ヘ音記号 (heon kigō) (Japanese), klucz basowy [masculine] (Polish), clave de fá (Portuguese), ключ фа (ključ fa) [masculine] (Russian), басо́вый ключ (basóvyj ključ) (english: bass clef) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "a clef",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "a clef",
          "word": "F-avain"
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          "sense": "a clef",
          "word": "clave de fá"
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          "roman": "ključ fa",
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          "roman": "basóvyj ključ",
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      "sense": "a clef",
      "word": "低音譜號"
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      "sense": "a clef",
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      "sense": "a clef",
      "word": "clave de fá"
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