( BrE ) ( NAmE ti ) / tiː; NAmE / noun
( music ) the 7th note of a major scale
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent.: alteration of si , adopted to avoid having two notes ( soh and si ) beginning with the same letter.
( BrE ) ( NAmE ti ) / tiː; NAmE / noun
( music ) the 7th note of a major scale
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent.: alteration of si , adopted to avoid having two notes ( soh and si ) beginning with the same letter.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005