octavate

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To sound one octave higher or lower.
2. To sound one octave higher or lower.
3. To sound one octave higher or lower.
4. To convert (the expression of a number) from denary to octal notation.

Noun

octave (transfiguratively)

Vertalings

oitavar

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɒktəveɪt/

Etimologie (Engels)

First attested in verbal use in 1922 and in nominal use in 2000; formed as octav(e) + -ate, in the musical sense after the French octavier.