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

• Adj
• Noun
• Verb

Ler máis

oitavar

to octavate (to place a note one octave higher)

Ler máis

Sinónimos

oitavo

8th

Traducións

ottava

Oktave

octava

octava

eighth

8th

octave

ottavo

8th

octave

octaaf

huitième

8th

sekizinci

8th

οκτάβα

achtste

8th

vuitè

8th

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ojˈta.vɐ/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de latín: octāvus

Relativo a español: ochava

Relativo a catalán: octava

Relativo a galego: 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.