ut

Meaning

Syllable (formerly) used in solfège to represent the first note of a major scale.

Synonyms

do

doh

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʊt/

Etymology

From Middle English ut (“first degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian ut in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the opening word Latin ut (“how”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.