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The G-clef
Borrowed from Middle French clef, from Latin clāvis (“a key”). Doublet of clave and clavis.
clef (plural clefs)
- (music) A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff [from 16th c.]
- alto clef
- baritone clef
- bass clef
- C clef (C-clef)
- cleffer
- cleflike
- F clef
- G clef (G-clef)
- neutral clef
- octave clef
- tenor clef
- treble clef
- viola clef
musical symbol
Arabic: مِفْتَاح مُوسِيقِيّ f (miftāḥ mūsīqiyy)
Armenian: բանալին (banalin)
Dutch: sleutel (nl) m, muzieksleutel (nl) m
Georgian: გასაღები (gasaɣebi)
German: Schlüssel (de) m, Notenschlüssel (de) m
Indonesian: kunci musik, kunci (id)
Japanese: 音部記号 (onbu kigō)
Kazakh: кілт (kılt)
Korean: 음자리표 (eumjaripyo)
Latvian: atslēga f
Macedonian: клуч f (kluč)
Malay: klef
Māori: tohu tārawa
Scottish Gaelic: iuchair f
Tagalog: klep
Turkish: nota anahtarı
Vietnamese: khóa của âm nhạc
Welsh: cleff m
clé (more common)
Inherited from Middle French clef, from Old French clef, from Latin clāvis, from Proto-Italic *klāwis, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w-. According to Bescherelle.
clef f (plural clefs)
- alternative spelling of clé (“key”)
- (music) clef
- (heraldry) key; the device as shown on a coat of arms
“clef”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Inherited from Old French clef.
clef f (plural clefs)
clef m or f (invariable)
- key (vitally important)
clef oblique singular, f (oblique plural cles, nominative singular **clef, nominative plural cles)