octava
Pronunciation: [ukˈta.βə]
“octava” is a Catalan word. Its 6 meanings in English:
noun
- octave, the interval of 12 semitones or 8 degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving of a given pitch
- octave, the pitch at twice the frequency of a given pitch, a pitch raised one octave
- octave, the day one week after a feast day, the eighth day counting inclusively in the Roman method
- octave, the week beginning on a feast day, eight days counting inclusively in the Roman method
- octet, a stanza with eight lines
- ochava, a traditional unit of mass equal to ⅛ of the Spanish ounce
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin octāvus (“one-eighth”). Doublet of octau. Cognate with Spanish ochava and Galician and Portuguese oitava.
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