octava

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɡˈtaba/, [oɣ̞ˈt̪a.β̞a]

Adjective

octava

1. feminine singular of octavu

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin octāvus (“one-eighth”). Doublet of octau. Cognate with Spanish ochava and Galician and Portuguese oitava.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ukˈta.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [okˈta.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [okˈta.va]

Adjective

octava

1. feminine singular of octau

Noun

la octava

octava f (plural octaves)

1. (music) octave, the interval of 12 semitones or 8 degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving of a given pitch
2. (music) octave, the pitch at twice the frequency of a given pitch, a pitch raised one octave
3. (Christianity) octave, the day one week after a feast day, the eighth day counting inclusively in the Roman method
4. (Christianity) octave, the week beginning on a feast day, eight days counting inclusively in the Roman method

   Synonym: vuitada

5. (prosody) octet, a stanza with eight lines
6. (historical) ochava, a traditional unit of mass equal to ⅛ of the Spanish ounce

Latin

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /okˈtaː.u̯a/, [ɔkˈt̪äːu̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /okˈta.va/, [okˈt̪äːvä]

Numeral

octāva

1. inflection of octāvus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /okˈtaː.u̯aː/, [ɔkˈt̪äːu̯äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /okˈta.va/, [okˈt̪äːvä]

Numeral

octāvā

1. ablative feminine singular of octāvus

References

• octava in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oɡˈtaba/ [oɣ̞ˈt̪a.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: oc‧ta‧va

Noun

octava f (plural octavas)

1. (music) octave
2. (Christianity) octave (period of eight days)

Related terms

• octavo

 

Adjective

octava

1. feminine singular of octavo

Further reading

• “octavo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28