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quadreble

quadreble noun: a voice in a musical composition (usually for male voices) above the treble; descant.

Noun

quadreble (plural quadrebles)

  1. A voice in a musical composition (usually for male voices) above the treble; descant.
    • 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

Verb

quadreble (third-person singular simple present quadrebles, present participle quadrebling, simple past and past participle quadrebled)

  1. (rare) To quadruple.
    • Not so: for if you observe it, you are to double, treble, or quadreble the length or breadth, as you have occasion.1618, John Norden, The Surveyor's Dialogue
    • There is going to be a tremendous rush into Mexico when normal conditions are restored, which must be soon, and now is the logical time to buy land there before it doubles, trebles or quadrebles in price, as it is bound to do.1919 November 26, “A Word About Mexican Lands”, in The Morning Sun, volume 13, number 275

Forms of quadreble

Noun
pluralquadrebles
Verb
third-person singular presentquadrebles
present participlequadrebling
past participlequadrebled
pastquadrebled

Questions about quadreble

What does quadreble mean?
Quadreble means a voice in a musical composition (usually for male voices) above the treble; descant.
What part of speech is quadreble?
Quadreble can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of quadreble?
The plural of quadreble is quadrebles.

Words near quadreble in the dictionary

  1. quadraunt
  2. quadraunts
  3. quadravalent
  4. quadravigesimal
  5. quadravigesimals
  6. quadreble
  7. quadrebled
  8. quadrebles
  9. quadrebling
  10. quadrectomies
  11. quadrectomy

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