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meane

meane noun: the middle voice of a three-voice polyphonic musical composition. Also the obsolete spelling of mean.

Noun

meane (plural meanes)

  1. (archaic) The middle voice of a three-voice polyphonic musical composition.

Also used as

meane is also the obsolete spelling of mean.

Forms of meane

pluralmeanes

Origin of meane

From Middle English [Term?].

Questions about meane

What does meane mean?
Meane means the middle voice of a three-voice polyphonic musical composition.
What part of speech is meane?
Meane is a noun.
What is the plural of meane?
The plural of meane is meanes.

Words near meane in the dictionary

  1. meandroi
  2. meandroid
  3. meandros
  4. meandrous
  5. meandry
  6. meane
  7. meaned
  8. meaner
  9. meaners
  10. meanes
  11. meaness

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