clef
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle French clef, from Latin clāvis (“a key”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editclef (plural clefs)
- A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff [from 16th c.]
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editmusical symbol
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French
editEtymology
editSee clé.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editclef f (plural clefs)
- Alternative spelling of clé (“key”)
- (music) clef
- (heraldry) key; the device as shown on a coat of arms
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “clef”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French clef.
Noun
editclef f (plural clefs)
Adjective
editclef m or f (invariable)
- key (vitally important)
Descendants
editOld French
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editclef oblique singular, f (oblique plural cles, nominative singular clef, nominative plural cles)
Descendants
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