ti
A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scaleA syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.
» In my language, the notes of the scale are do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do.
Музичні ноти моєю мовою — це до, ре, мі, фа, соль, ля й сі.
Meaning
2 sensesA syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.
the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization
A good luck plant (Cordyline fruticosa), an evergreen shrub.
Examples
11 sentencesIn my language, the notes of the scale are do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do.
Музичні ноти моєю мовою — це до, ре, мі, фа, соль, ля й сі.
Yeah, show us your ti..., uh, translations.
While hunger seems important to succeed, it still seems ti contradict what's needed to be happy.
I was born in Wallachia in Pitești.
deIch bin in Walachei in Pitești geboren.
Titanium is a chemical element with the symbol Ti.
ruТитан - это химический элемент с символом "Ti".
deTitan ist ein chemisches Element mit dem Symbol Ti.
Origin
Coined by English music educator Sarah Anna Glover in 1812 as an alteration of si for herCoined by English music educator Sarah Anna Glover in 1812 as an alteration of si for her solmization, made so that every note of solfège would begin with a different letter, from Middle English si (“seventh degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian si in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the initials of Latin Sāncte Iohannēs (“Saint John (the Baptist)”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.
From a Polynesian language, related to Hawaiian kī.
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Forms
plural: tisSynonyms
5 synonyms- the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization:tesi
- shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii:Cordyline terminalis
- a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite:titaniumatomic number 22