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octave meaning in Kannada

ಆಕ್ಟೇವ್

/ˈɒktɪv/US/ˈɑktɪv/

octave in Kannada: ಆಕ್ಟೇವ್. In English, octave means an interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency.

Kannada words for octave

ಆಕ್ಟೇವ್

English meaning of octave

  1. noun An interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency.
  2. noun The pitch an octave higher than a given pitch.
  3. noun A coupler on an organ which allows the organist to sound the note an octave above the note of the key pressed (cf sub-octave).
  4. noun A poetic stanza consisting of eight lines; usually used as one part of a sonnet.

Full definition of octave

octave in a sentence

  • The melody jumps up an octave at the beginning, then later drops back down an octave.
  • The singer was known for astounding clarity over her entire five-octave range.
  • The octave has a pitch ratio of 2:1.

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Questions about octave in Kannada

What is the meaning of octave in Kannada?
Octave in Kannada is ಆಕ್ಟೇವ್.
octave ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Octave: ಆಕ್ಟೇವ್.
What does octave mean in English?
Octave means an interval of twelve semitones spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving in pitch frequency.

Source and license

Kannada words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “octave”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: octave (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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