Stave — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written

one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/stˈeɪv/

🇬🇧British English

/stˈeɪv/

🇮🇳Indian English

/stˈeɪv/

1 syllable Say it as /stˈeɪv/.

Examples

stave a ladder

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

lag round rung stave in staff

Parts of Speech

noun	(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
noun	one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
noun	a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
verb	furnish with staves “stave a ladder”
verb	burst or force (a hole) into something

Word Forms

stave	verb	furnish with staves
stave	noun	a crosspiece between the legs of a chair

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Daube

(Musik) das System aus fünf horizontalen Linien, auf denen die Musiknoten geschrieben sind

🇫🇷French

portée

(musique) le système de cinq lignes horizontales sur lesquelles les notes de musique sont écrites

🇪🇸Spanish

duela

(música) el sistema de cinco líneas horizontales en las que se escriben las notas musicales

🇮🇹Italian

doga

(musica) il sistema di cinque linee orizzontali su cui sono scritte le note musicali

🇳🇱Dutch

duig

(muziek) het systeem van vijf horizontale lijnen waarop de muzieknoten zijn geschreven

🇵🇹Portuguese

pauta

(música) o sistema de cinco linhas horizontais nas quais as notas musicais são escritas

🇷🇺Russian

посох

(музыка) система из пяти горизонтальных линий, на которых пишутся ноты.

India

🇮🇳Hindi

छंद

(संगीत) पाँच क्षैतिज रेखाओं की प्रणाली जिस पर संगीत के स्वर लिखे जाते हैं

🇧🇩Bengali

দাড়ি

(সঙ্গীত) পাঁচটি অনুভূমিক লাইনের সিস্টেম যার উপর বাদ্যযন্ত্রের নোট লেখা হয়

🇮🇳Tamil

குச்சி

(இசை) இசைக் குறிப்புகள் எழுதப்பட்ட ஐந்து கிடைமட்ட கோடுகளின் அமைப்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

పొట్టు

(సంగీతం) సంగీత గమనికలు వ్రాయబడిన ఐదు క్షితిజ సమాంతర రేఖల వ్యవస్థ

🇮🇳Marathi

दांडी

(संगीत) पाच क्षैतिज ओळींची प्रणाली ज्यावर संगीताच्या नोट्स लिहिल्या जातात

🇮🇳Gujarati

દાંડો

(સંગીત) પાંચ આડી રેખાઓની સિસ્ટમ કે જેના પર સંગીતની નોંધો લખવામાં આવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸ್ಟೇವ್

(ಸಂಗೀತ) ಸಂಗೀತದ ಟಿಪ್ಪಣಿಗಳನ್ನು ಬರೆಯಲಾದ ಐದು ಅಡ್ಡ ರೇಖೆಗಳ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സ്റ്റേവ്

(സംഗീതം) സംഗീത കുറിപ്പുകൾ എഴുതിയിരിക്കുന്ന അഞ്ച് തിരശ്ചീന വരകളുടെ സംവിധാനം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਡੰਡੇ

(ਸੰਗੀਤ) ਪੰਜ ਹਰੀਜੱਟਲ ਲਾਈਨਾਂ ਦਾ ਸਿਸਟਮ ਜਿਸ 'ਤੇ ਸੰਗੀਤਕ ਨੋਟ ਲਿਖੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

چھڑی

(موسیقی) پانچ افقی لائنوں کا نظام جس پر میوزیکل نوٹ لکھے جاتے ہیں۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

板条

（音乐）书写音符的五条水平线的系统

🇯🇵Japanese

ステーブ

(音楽) 音符が書かれる 5 つの水平線のシステム

🇰🇷Korean

통널

(음악) 음표를 적는 다섯 개의 수평선 체계

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ngăn chặn

(âm nhạc) hệ thống năm đường ngang trên đó viết các nốt nhạc

🇹🇭Thai

ไม้เท้า

(ดนตรี) ระบบเส้นแนวนอนห้าเส้นที่ใช้เขียนโน้ตดนตรี

🇮🇩Indonesian

paranada

(Musik) sistem lima garis horizontal tempat notasi musik ditulis

🇵🇭Filipino

pigilan

(musika) ang sistema ng limang pahalang na linya kung saan nakasulat ang mga nota ng musika

🇲🇾Malay

menahan

(muzik) sistem lima garisan mendatar di mana nota muzik ditulis

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

هراوة

(الموسيقى) نظام الخمسة خطوط الأفقية التي تكتب عليها النوتات الموسيقية

🇮🇷Persian

چوبه زدن

(موسیقی) سیستم پنج خط افقی که نت های موسیقی روی آن نوشته می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

çıta

(müzik) üzerine notaların yazıldığı beş yatay çizgiden oluşan sistem

🇮🇱Hebrew

מִשׁעֶנֶת

(מוזיקה) המערכת של חמישה קווים אופקיים עליהם כתובים תווי הנגינה

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The primary meaning of 'stave' is '(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written'.

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Using 'stave' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'stave' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

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