ut
UK/ʊt/US/ut/
ut noun: syllable (formerly) used in solfège to represent the first note of a major scale.
Noun (1)
ut (plural uts)
- Syllable (formerly) used in solfège to represent the first note of a major scale.
- Old Mantuam, old Mantuan. Who vnderſtandeth thee not, vt re ſol la mi fa: Vnder pardon sir, What are the contents? […]c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- The French added si for the seventh, and the Italians changed ut to do. Modern music-books name the whole thirteen notes of the semi-tone scale, and expect the pupil to learn them all.1875 February, The Ladies' Repository, volume 35, Cincinnati, page 189
Proper noun capitalized: UT
UT
- Abbreviation of Utah: a state of the United States.
- Abbreviation of Uttarakhand: a state of India.
- Initialism of University of Texas, Austin TX.
- Weighing the risks and benefits of statins remains important because most patients are prescribed medication for the rest of their lives, said Dr. Amit Khera, a professor and director of the UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Preventive Cardiology Program, who was not involved in the study.2018 December 3, Jacqueline Howard, “Are statins overprescribed? Why the risks and benefits are so complex”, in CNN
- Initialism of Universal Time.
- Synonyms:
- UT1
Noun (2) capitalized: UT
UT (countable and uncountable, plural UTs)
- Abbreviation of utility player.
- Initialism of union territory.
- states and UTs
- Initialism of ultrasonic testing.
ut meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu
ut in Hindi
- यू टी, यूटी
ut in Marathi
- युटी, यूटी
ut in Urdu
- یو ٹی
ut in Telugu
- యుటి
More languagesFewer languages
- ut in Malayalam
- യുടി
- ut in Kannada
- ಯುಟಿ
- ut in Punjabi
- ਯੂ. ਟੀ, ਯੂ ਟੀ
- ut in Gujarati
- યુટી
- ut in Odia
- ଯ଼ୁଟି
- ut in Nepali
- युटी, यूटी
Synonyms of ut
Forms of ut
| plural | uts |
|---|---|
| plural | UTs |
Origin of ut
From Middle English ut (“first degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian ut in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the opening word Latin ut (“how”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Benedictine monk Paulus Deacon (8th c. CE).
Words that rhyme with ut
Questions about ut
- What does ut mean?
- Ut means syllable (formerly) used in solfège to represent the first note of a major scale.
- What is ut in Hindi?
- Ut in Hindi is यू टी, यूटी. See Ut meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ut?
- Ut can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ut?
- Ut is pronounced /ʊt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ut?
- The plural of ut is uts.
Words near ut in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ut (page history and authors); UT (page history and authors); ut (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ut (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ut (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ut (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ut (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ut (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ut (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ut (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ut (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ut (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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