clef
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of clef
1570–80; < Middle French < Latin clāvis key
Example Sentences
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It is not signed by Chopin, but the handwriting includes his distinctive bass clef.
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2024
There is no more quotable novel about Hollywood than Carrie Fisher’s roman à clef, “Postcards From the Edge.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2024
The story quoted a few skeptics—among them the writer Harry Monaghan, who’d written a well-received roman à clef five years prior, and who had a regular column in the Post.
From Slate • May 27, 2023
Long was Willie Stark in Robert Penn Warren’s 1946 roman à clef, “All the King’s Men.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 15, 2022
It could also be their new logo—a black fist that’s pumping in the air with a treble clef cut out in the center.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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