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mene

mene noun: the high middle singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition, corresponding roughly to the alto.

Noun

mene (plural menes)

  1. The high middle singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition, corresponding roughly to the alto.
    • He starts out by saying that there are three sights, the mene, treble, and quadreble, but actually he discusses only two, the treble and quadreble, both of which are read at the transposition of an octave.1959, The Musical quarterly - Volume 45, page xlvi
    • The voices include a counter (always below the tenor), a countertenor (moving above and below the tenor), mene, treble, and quadreble.1991, Blanche Gangwere, Music history during the Renaissance period, 1425-1520, page 25

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Mene

Mene

  1. (Greek) A goddess of the Moon, specifically presiding over the months, sometimes regarded as an epithet of Selene.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Mene

Mene

  1. A surname

Forms of mene

pluralmenes

Origin of mene

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μήνη (Mḗnē).

Questions about mene

What does mene mean?
Mene means the high middle singing voice (especially as for a boy) or part in musical composition, corresponding roughly to the alto.
What part of speech is mene?
Mene can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of mene?
The plural of mene is menes.

Words near mene in the dictionary

  1. Mendrisio
  2. mends
  3. mends fences
  4. mends one's ways
  5. mendy
  6. mene
  7. mene mene tekel upharsin
  8. Meneage
  9. Menear
  10. Menears
  11. menedione

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