te
nounnouncommon in dialogue
- //tiː//
- //teɪ//
In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): ta.
noun
- 1
obsoleteIn solfège, the seventh note of a major scale (the note B in the fixed-do system): ti.
- 2
In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): ta.
Etymology
Sense 1: Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become te and later ti. Sense 2: The vowel of ti then changed to 'e' to signify a flattened note.
noun
- 1
The name of the Cyrillic script letter Т / т.
Forms
- plural
- tes
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te · In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): ta.
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