TENOR CLEF

Meaning of TENOR CLEF in English

noun

Etymology: so called from the fact that such a staff is most convenient for writing notes within the tenor voice range

: the C clef when it is on the fourth line of the staff — see clef illustration

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

TENOR CLEF — Music. a sign locating middle C on the next to the top line of the staff. See illus. under C …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TENOR CLEF — ■ noun Music a clef placing middle C on the second-highest line of the stave, used chiefly for cello and …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TENOR — n tenor (1. course or direction; 2. general purport, drift; 3. [Mus.] highest adult male voice); tenor de vita way …
Interlingua English vocab
CLEF — clave
English interlingue dictionary
CLEF — noun see: clavicle Date: circa 1577 a sign placed at the beginning of a musical staff to determine the pitch …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TENOR — High male voice range, extending from about the second B below middle C to the G above it. In the …
Английский словарь Британика
CLEF — I (French; " key " ) pitch of the notes on the staff. Clefs were originally letters, identifying letter-named pitches, …
Английский словарь Британика
TENOR — I. ˈtenə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English tenour, tenor, from Old French, from Latin tenor, act of holding …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLEF — ˈklef noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, key, a key in music, from Latin clavis key — more at clavicle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TENOR — (n.) A person who sings the tenor, or the instrument that play it.
Английский словарь Webster
CLEF — (n.) A character used in musical notation to determine the position and pitch of the scale as represented on the …
Английский словарь Webster
TENOR — ( n. ) A person who sings the tenor, or the instrument that play it.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CLEF — ( n. ) A character used in musical notation to determine the position and pitch of the scale as represented …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TENOR — — tenorless , adj. /ten"euhr/ , n. 1. the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLEF — /klef/ , n. Music. a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CLEF — n. sign placed upon a staff to indicate the pitch of notes (Music)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TENOR — I. ˈte-nər noun Etymology: Middle English tenour, from Anglo-French, from Latin tenor uninterrupted course, from tenēre to hold — more …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CLEF — noun Etymology: French, literally, key, from Old French, from Latin clavis — more at clavicle Date: circa 1577 : a …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TENOR — noun stamp; character; nature. 2. tenor ·noun a person who sings the tenor, or the instrument that play it. 3. …
Webster English vocab
CLEF — noun a character used in musical notation to determine the position and pitch of the scale as represented on the …
Webster English vocab
CLEF — ■ noun Music any of several symbols placed at the left-hand end of a stave, indicating the pitch of the …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TENOR — [ten.or] n [ME, fr. MF, fr. L tenor uninterrupted course, fr. tenere to hold--more at thin] (14c) 1 a: the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLEF — [clef] n [F, lit., key, fr. L clavis--more at clavicle] (ca. 1577): a sign placed at the beginning of a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TENOR — highest male vocal range, normally extending approximately from the second B below middle C to the G above; an extremely …
Britannica English vocabulary
CLEF — (French: key), in musical notation, symbol placed at the beginning of the staff, determining the pitch of a particular line …
Britannica English vocabulary
TENOR — tenor BrE AmE ˈten ə AmE \ - ə r (= tenner) ▷ tenor|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CLEF — clef BrE AmE klef ▷ clefs klefs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TENOR — / ˈtenə(r); NAmE / noun , adjective ■ noun 1. [ C ] a man's singing voice with a range …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLEF — / klef; NAmE / noun ( music ) a symbol at the beginning of a line of printed music (called …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TENOR — I. ten ‧ or 1 /ˈtenə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CLEF — clef /klef/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; Origin: 'key' , from Latin clavis ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TENOR — n. 1 a a singing-voice between baritone and alto or counter-tenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CLEF — n. Mus. any of several symbols placed at the beginning of a staff, indicating the pitch of the notes written …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TENOR — n. 1 a a singing-voice between baritone and alto or counter-tenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CLEF — n. Mus. any of several symbols placed at the beginning of a staff, indicating the pitch of the notes written …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TENOR — n.1 a a singing-voice between baritone and alto or counter-tenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range. b a …
Oxford English vocab
CLEF — n. Mus. any of several symbols placed at the beginning of a staff, indicating the pitch of the notes written …
Oxford English vocab
TENOR — ( tenors) 1. A tenor is a male singer whose voice is fairly high. N-COUNT : oft N n 2. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLEF — ( clefs) A clef is a symbol at the beginning of a line of music that indicates the pitch of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLEF — (~s) A ~ is a symbol at the beginning of a line of music that indicates the pitch of the …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TENOR — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE general ▪ I am not against the general tenor of that which is …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLEF — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bass clef roman à clef treble clef COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE bass ▪ Formerly, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TENOR — (MUSIC) [noun] [C] - a male singer with a high voice, or (esp. in combinations) a musical instrument which has …
Cambridge English vocab
CLEF — [noun] [C] - a sign put at the beginning of a line of music to show how high or low …
Cambridge English vocab
TENOR — n. High male voice range, extending from about the second B below middle C to the G above it. In …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CLEF — n. roman à clef Fitzgerald Francis Scott Key Key West key cryptographic Key David McKendree Key Francis Scott novel with …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CLEF — n. (French; " key " ) Musical notation symbol at the beginning of a staff to indicate the pitch of …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TENOR — Synonyms and related words : Heldentenor, Meistersinger, Zeitgeist, accompaniment, affective meaning, aim, alto, apograph, aria singer, azimuth, baritenor, baritone, bass, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TENOR — n. Function: noun 1 the course of thought that is retained through something spoken or written FF1C; the tenor of …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
TENOR — I. noun 1 male singing voice/singer ADJECTIVE ▪ famous , great , renowned ▪ high , lyric ▪ operatic VERB …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TENOR — n. 25B6; noun the general tenor of his speech : SENSE, meaning, theme, drift, thread, import, purport, intent, intention, burden, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TENOR — I сущ. 1) направление, течение; движение, развитие 2) содержание, смысл (речи, статьи и т. п.) 3) копия; дубликат Syn : …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CLEF — сущ.; муз. ключ (музыкальное) ключ; - bass * басовый ключ clef муз. ключ
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TENOR — tenor.ogg _I ʹtenə n ( обыкн. the tenor) 1. направление; развитие; движение the even tenor of life - спокойное течение …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CLEF — n муз. ключ bass treble clef - басовый скрипичный ключ
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TENOR — _I ʹtenə n ( обыкн. the tenor) 1. направление; развитие; движение the even tenor of life - спокойное течение /размеренный …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CLEF — n муз. ключ bass treble clef - басовый скрипичный ключ
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TENOR — I сущ. 1) направление, течение; движение, развитие tenor of the life — течение жизни 2) содержание, смысл ( речи, статьи …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CLEF — сущ. ; муз. ключ - bass clef - treble clef
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TENOR — I сущ. 1) направление, течение; движение, развитие tenor of the life — течение жизни 2) содержание, смысл (речи, статьи и т. п.) 3) копия; …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CLEF — сущ.; муз. ключ - bass clef - treble clef
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TENOR — 1) текст, содержание, смысл (документа) 2) срок (векселя) • according to the tenor — 1. по смыслу (документа) 2. в целях (нормативного акта, …
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
TENOR — I сущ. 1) направление, течение; движение, развитие 2) содержание, смысл (речи, статьи и т. п.) 3) копия; дубликат Syn : …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CLEF — сущ.; муз. ключ (музыкальное) ключ; - bass * басовый ключ clef муз. ключ
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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