semibreve

English

Etymology

Musical notation for a semibreve note.

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian semibreve, ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin semi- (“half”), and brevis (“short”).

Noun

semibreve (plural semibreves)

1. (music) A musical note four beats long in 4/4 time; a whole note (US)

Translations

whole note

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 全音符 (cyun⁴ jam¹ fu⁴)

  Mandarin: 全音符 (zh) (quányīnfú)

• Finnish: kokonuotti (fi)
• French: ronde (fr) f
• German: ganze Note f
• Greek: ολόκληρο (el) n (olókliro)
• Icelandic: heilnóta f
• Irish: lán-nóta m
• Italian: semibreve (it) f
• Japanese: 全音符 (zen’onpu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 온음표 (oneumpyo)
• Malay: semibrif
• Maori: orowhā
• Portuguese: semibreve f
• Russian: це́лая но́та m (célaja nóta)
• Scottish Gaelic: punc cruinn m
• Slovene: polovinka f
• Spanish: semibreve f, redonda f
• Swedish: helnot (sv) c
• Vietnamese: nốt tròn (vi)

See also

• breve
• crotchet
• minim
• quaver
• semiquaver

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Italian

Etymology

semi- +‎ breve

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛve

Noun

semibreve f (plural semibrevi)

1. (music) semibreve

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Portuguese

Noun

semibreve f (plural semibreves)

1. (music) semibreve (musical note four beats long in 4/4 time)