oitava

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (feminine, historical) oitava, a traditional unit of dry volume, equivalent to 1.6–2.4 litres in different 19th-century contexts
2. (feminine, historical) oitava, a traditional unit of mass, usually equivalent to 3.6 g
3. (feminine) octave (an interval of twelve semitones)

Adj

feminine singular of oitavo

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of oitavar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of oitavar:

8th

oitavo

• Adj
• Noun
• Verb

Llegeix-ne més

oitavar

to octavate (to place a note one octave higher)

Llegeix-ne més

Conceptes

octava

vuitè

8th

vuitada

Sinònims

oitavo

8th

Traduccions

ottava

eighth

8th

octave

Oktave

octava

octave

octaaf

huitième

8th

ottavo

8th

sekizinci

8th

οκτάβα

achtste

8th

octavo

8th

achte

8th

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ojˈta.vɐ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de llatí: octāvus

Cognat amb espanyol: ochava

Cognat amb català: octava

Cognat amb gallec: oitava

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese oitavo, from Latin octāvus (“one-eighth”), q.v. As units of measure, named in reference to making up one-eighth of the alqueire (Portuguese bushel) or onça (Portuguese ounce). Cognate with Spanish ochava, Catalan octava, and Galician oitava.