clef
English
noun
Definitions
- A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French clef derived from Latin clāvis (key, bar, deadbolt, a key) root from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w- (hook, peg, crook, a peg, a crook).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)kleh₂w-
Gloss
hook, peg, crook, a peg, a crook
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abocclusion English
- benocclusion English
- claustral English
- claustrum English
- claves English
- clavichord English
- clavis English
- cleffer English
- cleflike English
- cloisterless English
- cloisterlike English
- cloistress English
- cloyingly English
- disocclusion English
- encloister English
- exclusive English
- foreclosee English
- inclusively English
- inclusiveness English
- inclusivity English
- malocclusion English
- non-exclusive English
- nonoccluded English
- nonocclusion English
- occluder English
- occlusive English
- overinclusivity English
- postocclusion English
- pre-occluded English
- preocclusion English
- reocclude English
- reocclusion English
- unoccluded English
- vasoocclusion English
- archiclavis Latin
- circumcludo Latin
- claustrum Latin
- clausum Latin
- clausus Latin
- clavichordium Latin
- clavicula Latin
- clavicytherium Latin
- clavile Latin
- clavis Latin
- clāvem Latin
- clāvis Latin
- clāvis, clāvem Latin
- clāvus Latin
- clāvīcula Latin
- conclave Latin
- excludo Latin
- exclusio Latin
- exclusivus Latin
- exclusiō Latin
- exclūdō Latin
- includo Latin
- inclusio Latin
- inclusio, inclusionis Latin
- inclūdere, inclūdō Latin
- inclūdō Latin
- inclūsus Latin
- occludo Latin
- occludĕre Latin
- occlūdō Latin
- occlūsiōnem, occlūsiō Latin
- Klaviatur German
- clavier French
- cloisonné French
- clave Spanish, Castilian
- llave Spanish, Castilian
- llavero Spanish, Castilian
- κλείς Ancient Greek
- *(s)kleh₂w- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kleh₂w-, *kleh₂u- Proto-Indo-European
- *kleh₂ud-, *kleh₂u- Proto-Indo-European
- *klāw- Proto-Indo-European
- chave Portuguese
- clave Portuguese
- klawisz Polish
- forclȳsan Old English
- clef Old French
- cloistrier Old French
- yabe Cebuano
- yawe Cebuano
- clié Norman
- yawe Tagalog
- clef Middle French
- cloistral Middle French
- chave Old Portuguese
- *klāwos Proto-Celtic
- *klāwis Proto-Italic
- clau Old Occitan
- tchabi Kabuverdianu
- achlwedd Proto-Brythonic
- ciave Istriot
- yöbi̱ Tetelcingo Nahuatl
- yåbi Chamorro
- κλᾳ̃θρα grc-dor
- ya̱pi Sayula Popoluca
- clavis
- claves
- cleffer
- cleflike
- occluder
- claustrum
- cloyingly
- reocclude
- occlusive
- claustral
- exclusive
- encloister
- unoccluded
- foreclosee
- cloistress
- clavichord
- inclusivity
- abocclusion
- reocclusion
- nonoccluded
- inclusively
- disocclusion
- cloisterlike
- cloisterless
- benocclusion
- malocclusion
- preocclusion
- pre-occluded
- nonocclusion
- non-exclusive
- inclusiveness
- vasoocclusion
- postocclusion
- overinclusivity