si
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.
» Antonio went to si tat the table.
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1 sensesA syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.
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the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization
Examples
13 sentencesAntonio went to si tat the table.
In my language, the notes of the scale are do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, do.
Музичні ноти моєю мовою — це до, ре, мі, фа, соль, ля й сі. — deniko
ruНа моем языке ноты гаммы называются так: до, ре, ми, фа, соль, ля, си, до. — Airy
Ziri is si terrified.
The SI unit for electric charge is the coulomb.
ruЕдиницей СИ электрического заряда является кулон. — AntonKhorev
deDie SI-Einheit für die elektrische Ladung ist das Coulomb. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Edmundo is working on Si Moh Ou M'hand's poems.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English si (“seventh degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”),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; thus, also an initialism of Sāncte Iohannēs.
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Forms
plural: sisSynonyms
10 synonyms- a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors:siliconatomic number 14
- the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization:tite
- a complete metric system of units of measurement for scientists; fundamental quantities are length (meter) and mass (kilogram) and time (second) and electric current (ampere) and temperature (kelvin) and amount of matter (mole) and luminous intensity (candela):Systeme International d-ap-UnitesSysteme InternationalSI systemSI unitInternational System of UnitsInternational System
Word family
1 related wordsSee also
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