mensuralism en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English mensural Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English mensuralism From mensural + -ism.
Meanings
- (uncountable) European system(s) of musical notation, in use in different forms from c.1260 to c.1600, in which each note was given an exact time value
Relateds
mensuralist · mensural · mensuration
Translations (1)
it mensuralismo (system of musical notation)