octava
Asturian
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editoctava
Catalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin octāvus (“one-eighth”). Doublet of octau. Cognate with Spanish ochava and Galician and Portuguese oitava.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editoctava
Noun
editoctava f (plural octaves)
- (music) octave, the interval of 12 semitones or 8 degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving of a given pitch
- (music) octave, the pitch at twice the frequency of a given pitch, a pitch raised one octave
- (Christianity) octave, the day one week after a feast day, the eighth day counting inclusively in the Roman method
- (Christianity) octave, the week beginning on a feast day, eight days counting inclusively in the Roman method
- Synonym: vuitada
- (prosody) octet, a stanza with eight lines
- (historical) ochava, a traditional unit of mass equal to ⅛ of the Spanish ounce
Latin
editPronunciation 1
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /okˈtaː.u̯a/, [ɔkˈt̪äːu̯ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /okˈta.va/, [okˈt̪äːvä]
Numeral
editoctāva
- inflection of octāvus:
Pronunciation 2
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /okˈtaː.u̯aː/, [ɔkˈt̪äːu̯äː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /okˈta.va/, [okˈt̪äːvä]
Numeral
editoctāvā
References
edit- octava in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Spanish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editoctava f (plural octavas)
- (music) octave
- (Christianity) octave (period of eight days)
Related terms
editAdjective
editoctava
Further reading
edit- “octavo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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