"octave" meaning in English

See octave in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɒktɪv/ [UK], /ˈɒkteɪv/ [UK], /ˈɑktɪv/ [US], /ˈɑkteɪv/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-octave.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: (UK) -ɒktɪv, (UK) -ɒkteɪv, (US) -ɑktɪv Etymology: From Latin octavus (“eighth”). Doublet of octavo, ochava, and oitava. Etymology templates: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|la|octavus||eighth}} Latin octavus (“eighth”), {{doublet|en|octavo|ochava|oitava}} Doublet of octavo, ochava, and oitava Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} octave (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete) Consisting of eight; eight in number. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete Categories (topical): Eight
    Sense id: en-octave-en-adj-XGKn9Czp Disambiguation of Eight: 17 14 3 6 12 10 5 4 7 7 9 3 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈɒktɪv/ [UK], /ˈɒkteɪv/ [UK], /ˈɑktɪv/ [US], /ˈɑkteɪv/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-octave.wav [Southern-England] Forms: octaves [plural]
Rhymes: (UK) -ɒktɪv, (UK) -ɒkteɪv, (US) -ɑktɪv Etymology: From Latin octavus (“eighth”). Doublet of octavo, ochava, and oitava. Etymology templates: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|la|octavus||eighth}} Latin octavus (“eighth”), {{doublet|en|octavo|ochava|oitava}} Doublet of octavo, ochava, and oitava Head templates: {{en-noun}} octave (plural octaves)
  1. (music) An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency. Categories (topical): Music, Eight Translations (interval): oktaaf (Afrikaans), ութնյակ (utʿnyak) (Armenian), октава (oktava) [feminine] (Bulgarian), octava [feminine] (Catalan), 八度 (bādù) (Chinese Mandarin), oktáva [feminine] (Czech), oktav [common-gender] (Danish), octaaf (Dutch), oktavo (Esperanto), oktavur [masculine] (Faroese), oktaavi (Finnish), Oktave [feminine] (German), οκτάβα (oktáva) [feminine] (Greek), oktáv (Hungarian), áttund [feminine] (Icelandic), オクターブ (okutābu) (Japanese), oktav [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), oktav [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), oktawa [feminine] (Polish), oitava [feminine] (Portuguese), octavă [feminine] (Romanian), окта́ва (oktáva) [feminine] (Russian), ochdad [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), oktava [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), octava [feminine] (Spanish), oktav [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-octave-en-noun-cAQOArGV Disambiguation of Eight: 17 14 3 6 12 10 5 4 7 7 9 3 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 4 10 13 11 3 4 2 19 20 4 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'interval': 44 7 6 6 8 7 10 2 5 5 2
  2. (music) The pitch an octave higher than a given pitch. Categories (topical): Music Translations (pitch octave higher than a given pitch): octava [feminine] (Catalan), oitava [feminine] (Portuguese), окта́ва (oktáva) [feminine] (Russian), ochdad [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), oktava [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-octave-en-noun--kQYY~Xm Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'pitch octave higher than a given pitch': 3 74 2 4 2 4 4 2 2 2 1
  3. (music) A coupler on an organ which allows the organist to sound the note an octave above the note of the key pressed (cf sub-octave) Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-octave-en-noun-Ie-ZLRqP Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  4. (poetry) A poetic stanza consisting of eight lines; usually used as one part of a sonnet. Categories (topical): Poetry, Eight
    Sense id: en-octave-en-noun-~sCM7~xq Disambiguation of Eight: 17 14 3 6 12 10 5 4 7 7 9 3 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 4 10 13 11 3 4 2 19 20 4 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 8 9 5 6 14 11 4 5 2 14 14 5 3 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
  5. (fencing) The eighth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword out straight at knee level. Categories (topical): Fencing, Eight Translations ((fencing) the eighth defensive position): oitava [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-octave-en-noun-tIiFvcEA Disambiguation of Eight: 17 14 3 6 12 10 5 4 7 7 9 3 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 4 10 13 11 3 4 2 19 20 4 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 8 9 5 6 14 11 4 5 2 14 14 5 3 Topics: fencing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war Disambiguation of '(fencing) the eighth defensive position': 5 3 3 5 53 4 4 15 3 3 2
  6. (Christianity) The day that is one week after a feast day in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church. Categories (topical): Christianity Translations (day that is one week after a feast day): capvuitada [feminine] (Catalan), oitava [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-octave-en-noun-LYrwVs~K Topics: Christianity Disambiguation of 'day that is one week after a feast day': 2 3 2 3 2 53 31 2 1 1 1
  7. (Christianity) An eight-day period beginning on a feast day in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church. Categories (topical): Christianity Translations (eight-day period beginning on a feast day): octava [feminine] (Catalan), vuitada [feminine] (Catalan), octaaf (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-octave-en-noun-SMQr-0nh Topics: Christianity Disambiguation of 'eight-day period beginning on a feast day': 3 3 2 2 2 31 53 1 1 1 1
  8. A small cask of wine, one eighth of a pipe.
    Sense id: en-octave-en-noun-Eo1RaszQ
  9. (mathematics, obsolete) An octonion. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-octave-en-noun-QYWaD3fK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 4 10 13 11 3 4 2 19 20 4 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 8 9 5 6 14 11 4 5 2 14 14 5 3 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  10. (signal processing) Any of a number of coherent-noise functions of differing frequency that are added together to form Perlin noise. Categories (topical): Signal processing
    Sense id: en-octave-en-noun-jFbBSLi8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 4 10 13 11 3 4 2 19 20 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 9 4 11 14 10 3 3 1 14 18 5 2 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 8 9 5 6 14 11 4 5 2 14 14 5 3 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, signal-processing
  11. (astrology) The subjective vibration of a planet. Categories (topical): Astrology
    Sense id: en-octave-en-noun-LWYiBPOb Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: augmented octave, contra-octave, diminished octave, great octave, octaval, octave clef, octave coupler, octave flute, octave species, perfect octave, pseudo-octave Related terms: octavo, oct-, octave key, interval, unison, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, Octave in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Verb

IPA: /ˈɒktɪv/ [UK], /ˈɒkteɪv/ [UK], /ˈɑktɪv/ [US], /ˈɑkteɪv/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-octave.wav [Southern-England] Forms: octaves [present, singular, third-person], octaving [participle, present], octaved [participle, past], octaved [past]
Rhymes: (UK) -ɒktɪv, (UK) -ɒkteɪv, (US) -ɑktɪv Etymology: From Latin octavus (“eighth”). Doublet of octavo, ochava, and oitava. Etymology templates: {{cln|en|undefined derivations}}, {{uder|en|la|octavus||eighth}} Latin octavus (“eighth”), {{doublet|en|octavo|ochava|oitava}} Doublet of octavo, ochava, and oitava Head templates: {{en-verb}} octave (third-person singular simple present octaves, present participle octaving, simple past and past participle octaved)
  1. Alternative form of octavate Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: octavate
    Sense id: en-octave-en-verb-WuLCXs17

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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