clef

Pronunciation: /klɛf/

The English word “clef” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff

Borrowed from Middle French clef, from Latin clāvis (“a key”). Doublet of clave and clavis.

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