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Pronunciation / Transliteration: ottava
"La melodia sale di un'ottava."
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A series of eight notes occupying the interval between two notes, one of which has half or double the frequency of the other.
"The singer easily hit the high notes an octave above."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin octāva meaning 'eighth part', via Old French octave. Historically rooted in musical theory, denoting the interval between one musical pitch and another with half or double its frequency.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Octave" is said worldwide
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octave
Transliteration: octave
"Elle a chanté une octave plus haut."
Oktave
Transliteration: Oktave
"Die Geige spielt eine Oktave höher."
ottava
Transliteration: ottava
"La melodia sale di un'ottava."
octava
Transliteration: octava
"El pianista tocó una octava más alta."
oitava
Transliteration: oitava
"Ela cantou uma oitava acima."
सप्तक
Transliteration: saptak
"गायक ने उच्च सप्तक में गाया।"
八度
Transliteration: bā dù
"这首曲子包含一个高八度的音符。"
옥타브
Transliteration: oktabeu
"그녀는 한 옥타브 높여서 노래를 불렀다."
オクターブ
Transliteration: okutābu
"彼女は1オクターブ高く歌った。"
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