tablature
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Etymology edit
From French, from Italian tavolatura, from Latin tabulatura, from tabula.
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tablature (countable and uncountable, plural tablatures)
- A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.
- (countable) An engraved tablet, or a painting on a wall or ceiling, or sometimes a picture in general.
- (anatomy) A division of the skull into two tables.
Synonyms edit
- (musical notation): tab
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form of musical notation
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Noun edit
tablature f (plural tablatures)
Further reading edit
- “tablature”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.