If I change key, I can't hold the pitch. It's better if we go with the original key, and I sometimes sing an octave lower.
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Octave
//ˈɑktɪv//
Synonyms for "octave" (153 found)
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Translations
44 translations across 29 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- oktaaf noun (interval)
Armenian
1 entries- ութնյակ noun (interval)
Bulgarian
1 entries- октава noun (interval)
Catalan
4 entries- capvuitada noun (day that is one week after a feast day)
- octava noun (interval)
- octava noun (pitch octave higher than a given pitch)
- octava noun (eight-day period beginning on a feast day)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 八度 noun (interval)
- 高八度 noun (pitch octave higher than a given pitch)
Czech
1 entries- oktáva noun (interval)
Danish
1 entries- oktav noun (interval)
Dutch
2 entries- octaaf noun (interval)
- octaaf noun (eight-day period beginning on a feast day)
Esperanto
1 entries- oktavo noun (interval)
Faroese
1 entries- oktavur noun (interval)
Finnish
1 entries- oktaavi noun (interval)
German
1 entries- Oktave noun (interval)
Greek
1 entries- οκτάβα noun (interval)
Hungarian
1 entries- oktáv noun (interval)
Icelandic
1 entries- áttund noun (interval)
Irish
1 entries- ochtach noun (interval)
Italian
1 entries- ottava noun (interval)
Japanese
3 entries- オクターブ noun (interval)
- オクターブ noun (pitch octave higher than a given pitch)
- 八度 noun (interval)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- oktav noun (interval)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- oktav noun (interval)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- октава noun (interval)
Polish
1 entries- oktawa noun (interval)
Portuguese
4 entries- oitava noun (interval)
- oitava noun (pitch octave higher than a given pitch)
- oitava noun ((fencing) the eighth defensive position)
- oitava noun (day that is one week after a feast day)
Romanian
1 entries- octavă noun (interval)
Russian
2 entries- окта́ва noun (interval)
- окта́ва noun (pitch octave higher than a given pitch)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- ochdad noun (interval)
- ochdad noun (pitch octave higher than a given pitch)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- oktava noun (interval)
- oktava noun (pitch octave higher than a given pitch)
Spanish
2 entries- octava noun (interval)
- octava noun (pitch octave higher than a given pitch)
Swedish
1 entries- oktav noun (interval)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
Certain pieces of music would be more melodious an octave higher.
Source: tatoeba (6831849)
There are eight notes in an octave.
Source: tatoeba (7248463)
There are twelve semitones in an octave.
Source: tatoeba (10773634)
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