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mi.

A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.

2 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/miː/
  1. A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale.

    uncountable
  2. A syllable used in sol-fa (solfège) to represent the third note of a major scale. Sometimes syllable for the seventh.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Glover's solmization, from Middle English mi (“third degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian mi in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the first syllable of Latin mīra (“miracles; the miraculous”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

symbol/miː/
  1. Alternative form of mi. (“mile”).

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