Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK)A musical note four beats long in 4/4 time; a whole note (US)

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    це́лая но́таcélaja nóta

    a musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time)

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
whole note:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
whole note:

Origin

From Italian semibreve, ultimately from Latin semi- (“half”) and Latin brevis (“short”).

From Italian semibreve, ultimately from Latin semi- (“half”) and Latin brevis (“short”).

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Forms

plural: semibreves
Singularsemibreve
Pluralsemibreves

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time):whole note

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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