ALTO CLEF

Meaning of ALTO CLEF in English

Music.

a sign locating middle C on the third line of the staff. Also called viola clef . See illus. under C clef .

[ 1875-80 ]

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ALTO CLEF — noun : the C clef placed so as to designate the middle line of the staff in musical notation as …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALTO CLEF — ■ noun Music a clef placing middle C on the middle line of the stave, used chiefly for viola music.
Concise Oxford English vocab
ALTO — n I. top, upper part; II. [Mus.] alto (1. contralto voice; 2. tenor violin); le altos e (le) bassos the …
Interlingua English vocab
CLEF — clave
English interlingue dictionary
ALTO — alto
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
ALTO — I. noun (plural ~s) Etymology: Italian, literally, high, from Latin altus Date: circa 1724 1. countertenor , contr~ , the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CLEF — I (French; " key " ) pitch of the notes on the staff. Clefs were originally letters, identifying letter-named pitches, …
Английский словарь Британика
ALTO — or contralto Voice or register that extends approximately from the F below middle C to the second D above it. …
Английский словарь Британика
CLEF — ˈklef noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, key, a key in music, from Latin clavis key — more at clavicle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALTO — ˈal(ˌ)tō noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Italian, literally, high, from Latin altus — more at old 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLEF — (n.) A character used in musical notation to determine the position and pitch of the scale as represented on the …
Английский словарь Webster
ALTO — (n.) An alto singer.
Английский словарь Webster
ALTO — (n.) Formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now the part sung by the lowest female, …
Английский словарь Webster
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
ALTO — ( n. ) An alto singer.
Webster's Revised 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
ALTO — /al"toh/ , n. , pl. altos , adj. Music. n. 1. the lowest female voice; contralto. 2. the highest male …
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
ALTO — n. (Music) lowest female voice, contralto; highest male voice, countertenor; singer with an alto voice; piece of music written for …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ALTO — I. ˈal-(ˌ)tō noun ( plural altos ) Etymology: Italian, literally, high, from Latin altus Date: circa 1724 1. a. : …
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
CLEF — noun a character used in musical notation to determine the position and pitch of the scale as represented on the …
Webster English vocab
ALTO — noun an alto singer. 2. alto ·noun formerly the part sung by the highest male, or counter-tenor, voices; now 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
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
ALTO — [al.to] n, pl altos [It, lit., high, fr. L altus] (ca. 1724) 1 a: countertenor b: contralto 2: the second …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CLEF — (French: key), in musical notation, symbol placed at the beginning of the staff, determining the pitch of a particular line …
Britannica English vocabulary
ALTO — (Italian: high), in vocal music the register approximately between the F below middle C to the second D abovethe second …
Britannica English vocabulary
CLEF — clef BrE AmE klef ▷ clefs klefs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ALTO — alto BrE AmE ˈælt əʊ ˈɒlt-, ˈɔːlt-, ˈɑːlt- AmE \ ˈælt oʊ ▷ alto|s z — Preference poll, British English: …
Longman Pronunciation 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
ALTO — / ˈæltəʊ; NAmE ˈæltoʊ/ noun , adjective ■ noun ( pl. -os ) 1. (also con·tralto ) [ C ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CLEF — clef /klef/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; Origin: 'key' , from Latin clavis ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ALTO — I. al ‧ to 1 /ˈæltəʊ $ -toʊ/ BrE AmE adjective an alto instrument or voice produces notes at the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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
ALTO — n. (pl. -os) 1 = CONTRALTO. 2 a the highest adult male singing-voice, above tenor. b a singer with this …
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 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ALTO — n. (pl. -os) 1 = CONTRALTO. 2 a the highest adult male singing-voice, above tenor. b a singer with this …
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 …
Oxford English vocab
ALTO — n. (pl. -os) 1. CONTRALTO. 2 a the highest adult male singing-voice, above tenor. b a singer with this voice. …
Oxford English vocab
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
ALTO — ( altos) 1. An alto is a woman who has a low singing voice. = contralto N-COUNT : oft N …
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
CLEF — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES bass clef roman à clef treble clef COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE bass ▪ Formerly, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ALTO — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN sax ▪ Bartz's father ran a local jazz club, and Gary got an …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLEF — [noun] [C] - a sign put at the beginning of a line of music to show how high or low …
Cambridge English vocab
ALTO — [noun] [C] [plural] altos - (a woman with) a low adult female singing voice or (a boy with) the lowest …
Cambridge English vocab
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
ALTO — n. or contralto Voice or register that extends approximately from the F below middle C to the second D above …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
ALTO — Synonyms and related words : Heldentenor, Meistersinger, accompaniment, aria singer, baritenor, baritone, bass, basso, basso buffo, basso cantante, basso continuo, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ALTO — adj. Alto is used with these nouns: ↑ voice
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CLEF — сущ.; муз. ключ (музыкальное) ключ; - bass * басовый ключ clef муз. ключ
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ALTO — сущ. 1) альт (голос и музыкальный инструмент) 2) контральто (музыкальное) контральто (музыкальное) контратенор (музыкальное) альт (музыкальное) альт (струнный или духовой …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CLEF — n муз. ключ bass treble clef - басовый скрипичный ключ
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ALTO — alto.ogg 1. ʹæl|təʋ n ( pl -tos -ʹæltəʋz , -ti) муз. 1. контральто 2. 1> контратенор 2> альт 3. 1> …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ALTO — alto сущ.1) альт (голос и музыкальный инструмент) 2) контральто
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CLEF — n муз. ключ bass treble clef - басовый скрипичный ключ
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ALTO — 1. ʹæl|təʋ n ( pl -tos -ʹæltəʋz , -ti) муз. 1. контральто 2. 1> контратенор 2> альт 3. 1> альт …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CLEF — сущ. ; муз. ключ - bass clef - treble clef
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CLEF — сущ.; муз. ключ - bass clef - treble clef
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CLEF — сущ.; муз. ключ (музыкальное) ключ; - bass * басовый ключ clef муз. ключ
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ALTO — сущ. 1) альт (голос и музыкальный инструмент) 2) контральто (музыкальное) контральто (музыкальное) контратенор (музыкальное) альт (музыкальное) альт (струнный или духовой …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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