Clef

//klɛf//

Synonyms for "clef"

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Translations

55 translations across 49 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • sleutel noun (musical symbol)

Albanian

1 entries
  • çelës noun (musical symbol)

Arabic

1 entries
  • مِفْتَاح مُوسِيقِيّ noun (musical symbol)

Armenian

1 entries
  • բանալին noun (musical symbol)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • açar noun (musical symbol)

Basque

1 entries
  • giltza noun (musical symbol)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • ключ noun (musical symbol)

Catalan

1 entries
  • clau noun (musical symbol)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 譜號 /谱号 noun (musical symbol)

Czech

1 entries
  • klíč noun (musical symbol)

Danish

1 entries
  • nøgle noun (musical symbol)

Dutch

2 entries
  • muzieksleutel noun (musical symbol)
  • sleutel noun (musical symbol)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • klefo noun (musical symbol)
  • kleo noun (musical symbol)

Finnish

3 entries
  • avain noun (musical symbol)
  • klaavi noun (musical symbol)
  • nuottiavain noun (musical symbol)

French

1 entries
  • clé noun (musical symbol)

Georgian

1 entries
  • გასაღები noun (musical symbol)

German

2 entries
  • Notenschlüssel noun (musical symbol)
  • Schlüssel noun (musical symbol)

Greek

1 entries
  • κλειδί noun (musical symbol)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • kulcs noun (musical symbol)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • lykill noun (musical symbol)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • kunci noun (musical symbol)
  • kunci musik noun (musical symbol)

Irish

1 entries
  • eochair noun (musical symbol)

Italian

1 entries
  • chiave noun (musical symbol)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 音部記号 noun (musical symbol)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • кілт noun (musical symbol)

Korean

1 entries
  • 음자리표 noun (musical symbol)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • ключ noun (musical symbol)

Latin

1 entries
  • clavis noun (musical symbol)

Latvian

1 entries
  • atslēga noun (musical symbol)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • raktas noun (musical symbol)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Schlëssel noun (musical symbol)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • клуч noun (musical symbol)

Malay

1 entries
  • klef noun (musical symbol)

Māori

1 entries
  • tohu tārawa noun (musical symbol)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • nøkkel noun (musical symbol)

Polish

1 entries
  • klucz noun (musical symbol)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • clave noun (musical symbol)

Romanian

1 entries
  • cheie noun (musical symbol)

Russian

1 entries
  • ключ noun (musical symbol)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • iuchair noun (musical symbol)

Spanish

1 entries
  • clave noun (musical symbol)

Swedish

1 entries
  • klav noun (musical symbol)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • klep noun (musical symbol)

Turkish

1 entries
  • nota anahtarı noun (musical symbol)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • kalit noun (musical symbol)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • khóa của âm nhạc noun (musical symbol)

Volapük

1 entries
  • kiküf noun (musical symbol)

Welsh

1 entries
  • cleff noun (musical symbol)

Zulu

1 entries
  • ukhiye noun (musical symbol)

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

An "8" was placed below the clef sign.

Source: tatoeba (8291283)

He can't even tell a treble clef from a bass clef.

Source: tatoeba (10250495)

Love is like a musical score where you are the treble clef and he is the bass clef. Even if you are out of pitch, distorted or stop playing completely he will continue playing until you form a harmony once again.

Source: tatoeba (10458725)

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