"ut" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʊt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ʌt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ut/ [General-American], /ʌt/ [General-American], /ʊt/ [General-American] Forms: uts [plural]
Rhymes: -ʊt, -ʌt, -uːt Etymology: From Middle English ut (“first degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian ut in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the opening word Latin ut (“how”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|ut||first degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales}} Middle English ut (“first degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), {{der|en|it|ut}} Italian ut, {{der|en|la|ut|t=how}} Latin ut (“how”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} ut (plural uts)
  1. (music, dated) Syllable (formerly) used in solfège to represent the first note of a major scale. Wikipedia link: Ut queant laxis Tags: dated Categories (topical): Music Derived forms: gamut Translations (first note of a major scale): ut [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), ut [masculine] (French)

Inflected forms

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