oitava

Significado (Inglés)

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

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• Noun
• Verb

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oitavar

to octavate (to place a note one octave higher)

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Conceptos

octava

octavo

8th

octava musical

Sinónimos

oitavo

8th

Traducciones

ottava

octave

octava

Oktave

eighth

8th

octave

huitième

8th

octaaf

ottavo

8th

sekizinci

8th

οκτάβα

achtste

8th

achte

8th

vuitè

8th

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ojˈta.vɐ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de latín: octāvus

Cognado con español: ochava

Cognado con catalán: octava

Cognado con gallego: 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.