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semibrevis

semibrevis is the alternative form of semibreve.

Meaning of semibreve

Noun

semibreve (plural semibreves)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) A musical note four beats long in 4/4 time; a whole note (US)

Origin of semibrevis

Borrowed from Medieval Latin semibrevis.

Questions about semibrevis

What is semibrevis the alternative form of?
Semibrevis is the alternative form of semibreve.

Words near semibrevis in the dictionary

  1. semibrachiators
  2. semibreve
  3. semibreve rest
  4. semibreve rests
  5. semibreves
  6. semibrevis
  7. semibrief
  8. semibriefs
  9. semibulk
  10. semibullvalene
  11. semibullvalenes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: semibrevis (page history and authors); semibreve (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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