semibreve

English

Etymology

Musical notation for a semibreve note.

From Italian semibreve, ultimately from Latin semi- (“half”) and Latin brevis (“short”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛmɪbɹiːv/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

semibreve (plural semibreves)

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

Coordinate terms

• breve
• crotchet
• demisemiquaver
• hemidemisemiquaver
• minim
• quaver
• semiquaver

Derived terms

• semibreve rest

Translations

whole note

• Azerbaijani: bütöv not
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 全音符 (cyun⁴ jam¹ fu⁴)

  Mandarin: 全音符 (zh) (quányīnfú)

• Dutch: hele noot f
• Esperanto: karolo sg
• Finnish: kokonuotti (fi)
• French: ronde (fr) f
• Galician: redonda (gl) f
• German: ganze Note f
• Greek: ολόκληρο (el) n (olókliro)
• Hindi: एकमात्रिक (hi) (ekmātrik)
• Hungarian: egész (hu), ^{(please verify)} egészhang
• Icelandic: heilnóta f
• Irish: lán-nóta m
• Italian: semibreve (it) f
• Japanese: 全音符 (zen’onpu)
• Korean: 온음표 (oneumpyo)
• Malay: semibrif
• Māori: orowhā
• Polish: cała nuta (pl) f
• Portuguese: semibreve (pt) f
• Russian: це́лая но́та m (célaja nóta)
• Scottish Gaelic: punc cruinn m
• Slovene: polovinka f
• Spanish: semibreve f, redonda (es) f
• Swedish: helnot (sv) c
• Thai: โน้ตตัวกลม (not-tua-klom, literally “round body note”)
• Vietnamese: nốt tròn (vi)

Italian

Etymology

From semi- +‎ breve.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.miˈbrɛ.ve/
• Rhymes: -ɛve
• Hyphenation: se‧mi‧brè‧ve

Noun

semibreve f (plural semibrevi)

1. (music) semibreve

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.miˈbɾɛ.vi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.miˈbɾɛ.vi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.miˈbɾɛ.ve/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.miˈbɾɛ.vɨ/ [sɨ.miˈβɾɛ.vɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.miˈbɾɛ.vɨ/ [sɨ.miˈβɾɛ.vɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.miˈbɾɛ.bɨ/ [sɨ.miˈβɾɛ.βɨ]

• Hyphenation: se‧mi‧bre‧ve

Noun

semibreve f (plural semibreves)

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

Further reading

• “semibreve”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “semibreve”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026