Kilo Lingo

el

masculine

/re/

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Translation

re (musical note D)

Word origin

From the medieval solfège syllables, taken from the hymn Ut queant laxis; re comes from the second line, which began resonare fibris. Guido of Arezzo assigned each line's first syllable to a scale degree.

Origin
Latin
Root
resonare

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralres

Examples

.

The song starts on the note D.

, , .

Do, re, mi are the first notes of the scale.

.

The teacher played a D on the piano.

¿ afinar ?

Can you sing a D to tune the guitar?

escrita .

This piece is written in D major.

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