"semibreve" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: semibreves [plural]
Etymology: From Italian semibreve, ultimately from Latin semi- (“half”) and Latin brevis (“short”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|semibreve}} Italian semibreve, {{der|en|la|semi-||half}} Latin semi- (“half”), {{der|en|la|brevis||short}} Latin brevis (“short”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} semibreve (plural semibreves)
  1. (music) A musical note four beats long in 4/4 time; a whole note (US) Categories (topical): Music Derived forms: semibreve rest Coordinate_terms: breve, crotchet, demisemiquaver, hemidemisemiquaver, minim, quaver, semiquaver Translations (whole note): 全音符 (cyun⁴ jam¹ fu⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 全音符 (quányīnfú) (Chinese Mandarin), hele noot [feminine] (Dutch), karolo [singular] (Esperanto), kokonuotti (Finnish), ronde [feminine] (French), ganze Note [feminine] (German), ολόκληρο (olókliro) [neuter] (Greek), एकमात्रिक (ekmātrik) (Hindi), egész (Hungarian), heilnóta [feminine] (Icelandic), lán-nóta [masculine] (Irish), semibreve [feminine] (Italian), 全音符 (zen’onpu) (Japanese), 온음표 (oneumpyo) (Korean), semibrif (Malay), orowhā (Maori), cała nuta [feminine] (Polish), semibreve [feminine] (Portuguese), це́лая но́та (célaja nóta) [masculine] (Russian), punc cruinn [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), polovinka [feminine] (Slovene), semibreve [feminine] (Spanish), redonda [feminine] (Spanish), helnot [common-gender] (Swedish), nốt tròn (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "whole note",
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      "sense": "whole note",
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      "sense": "whole note",
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      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "whole note",
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      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "whole note",
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "whole note",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "semibreve"
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      "sense": "whole note",
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      "lang": "Korean",
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