Dictionary

octave en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈɑktɪv/ (US)
• /ˈɒktɪv/ (UK)
• /ˈɑkteɪv/ (US)
• /ˈɒkteɪv/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Latin octavus (“eighth”). Doublet of octavo, ochava, and oitava.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, obsolete) Consisting of eight; eight in number.
   • Boccace[…] is said to have invented the octave rhye 1700, [John] Dryden, Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

octave en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɑktɪv/ (US)
• /ˈɒktɪv/ (UK)
• /ˈɑkteɪv/ (US)
• /ˈɒkteɪv/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Latin octavus (“eighth”). Doublet of octavo, ochava, and oitava.

Meanings

1. An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency.
   • The octave has a pitch ratio of 2:1.
   • The singer was known for astounding clarity over her entire five-octave range.
   • The melody jumps up an octave at the beginning, then later drops back down an octave.
2. The pitch an octave higher than a given pitch.
   • The bass starts on a low E, and the tenor comes in on the octave.
3. A coupler on an organ which allows the organist to sound the note an octave above the note of the key pressed (cf sub-octave)
4. A poetic stanza consisting of eight lines; usually used as one part of a sonnet.
   • With mournful melody it continued this octave. a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:
5. The eighth defensive position, with the sword hand held at waist height, and the tip of the sword out straight at knee level.
   • If they always do a lateral parry quarte, and never a semicircular octave, that gives you an opening. 2009, Ray Finkleman, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
6. The day that is one week after a feast day in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church.
   • […] the Chamberlains' records of the companies' visits to their towns are, for the most part, not precisely dates, but merely group them together […] within their annual accounting period which normally […] ran from Michaelmas (29 September) to Michaelmas, or its octave (6 October). 2000, John Southworth, Shakespeare the Player:
   • It was extended to the entire Church by 1814, and then in 1913 the feast was transferred to September 15, the octave day of the Birth of Mary and the day after the Exaltation of the Cross. 2014, Jennifer Gregory Miller, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
7. An eight-day period beginning on a feast day in the Latin rite of the Catholic Church.
   • 1870, The Night Hours of the Church, trans. Rev. J. M. Neale Of an Octave the Office is said. or at least commemorated, (when any Sunday or Feast intervene), for eight successive days.
8. A small cask of wine, one eighth of a pipe.
9. (obsolete) An octonion.
10. Any of a number of coherent-noise functions of differing frequency that are added together to form Perlin noise.
11. The subjective vibration of a planet.
    • Mercury then joins its higher octave and generous counterpart Jupiter early next week, and it opens gates of opportunity. 2016, Kristin Fontana, The Beach Reporter:

Forms

Deriveds

perfect octave · augmented octave · octave flute · pseudo-octave · suboctave · millioctave · contra-octave · sesquioctave · superoctave · multioctave · octave clef · octave coupler · intraoctave · tritave · octavation · subcontraoctave · octaval · octave species · interoctave · great octave · diminished octave

Relateds

unison · fifth · octave key · P8 (interval) · third · fourth · seventh · oct- · Octave in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) · octavo · sixth · interval · second

Translations (44)

ca capvuitada (day that is one week after a feast day) · sv oktav (interval) · es octava (interval) · ru окта́ва (pitch octave higher than a given pitch) · ca vuitada (eight-day period beginning on a feast day) · ca octava (pitch octave higher than a given pitch) · hy ութնյակ (interval) · pt oitava (pitch octave higher than a given pitch) · bg октава (interval) · ga ochtach (interval) · rsk октава (interval) · af oktaaf (interval) · nl octaaf (interval) · sh oktava (pitch octave higher than a given pitch) · pt oitava (interval) · nn oktav (interval) · gd ochdad (pitch octave higher than a given pitch) · hu oktáv (interval) · el οκτάβα (interval) · pt oitava (day that is one week after a feast day) · ca octava (eight-day period beginning on a feast day) · gd ochdad (interval) · ja オクターブ (interval) · de Oktave (interval) · es octava (pitch octave higher than a given pitch) · ja オクターブ (pitch octave higher than a given pitch) · is áttund (interval) · cmn 八度 (interval) · nb oktav (interval) · it ottava (interval) · nl octaaf (eight-day period beginning on a feast day) · ro octavă (interval) · ca octava (interval) · cs oktáva (interval) · pl oktawa (interval) · eo oktavo (interval) · fi oktaavi (interval) · sh oktava (interval) · ja 八度 (interval) · pt oitava ((fencing) the eighth defensive position) · zh 高八度 (pitch octave higher than a given pitch) · fo oktavur (interval) · da oktav (interval) · ru окта́ва (interval)

wikidata: Q386025

octave en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈɑktɪv/ (US)
• /ˈɒktɪv/ (UK)
• /ˈɑkteɪv/ (US)
• /ˈɒkteɪv/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Latin octavus (“eighth”). Doublet of octavo, ochava, and oitava.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of octavate.
   alt of octavate

Forms