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quindicessima

quindicessima adverb: two octaves higher. Marking indicates a passage to be transposed up two octaves. Abbreviation: 15ma.

Adverb

quindicessima (not comparable)

  1. Two octaves higher. Marking indicates a passage to be transposed up two octaves. Abbreviation: 15ma.

Forms of quindicessima

alternative formquindicesima

Origin of quindicessima

From Italian quindicessima, the feminine ordinal form of quindici (“fifteen”).

Questions about quindicessima

What does quindicessima mean?
Quindicessima means two octaves higher. Marking indicates a passage to be transposed up two octaves. Abbreviation: 15ma.
What part of speech is quindicessima?
Quindicessima is an adverb.

Words near quindicessima in the dictionary

  1. quindecylic
  2. quindenary
  3. quindene
  4. quindenes
  5. Quindes
  6. quindicessima
  7. quindim
  8. quindims
  9. quindoline
  10. quindolines
  11. quindoxin

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