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clef
[ klef ]
/ klɛf /
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noun Music.
a symbol placed upon a staff to indicate the name and pitch of the notes corresponding to its lines and spaces.
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Origin of clef
1570–80; <Middle French <Latin clāvis key
Words nearby clef
Cleburne, cleck, cleek, Cleese, Cleethorpes, clef, cleft, cleft lip, cleft palate, cleft sentence, cleg
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British Dictionary definitions for clef
clef
/ (klɛf) /
noun
one of several symbols placed on the left-hand side beginning of each stave indicating the pitch of the music written after itSee also alto clef, bass clef, C clef, soprano clef, tenor clef, treble clef
Word Origin for clef
C16: from French: key, clef, from Latin clāvis; related to Latin claudere to close
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