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1 quart de ton
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3 neljännesnuotti
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4 quart
quart [kaʀ]1. masculine nouna. ( = fraction) quarter• c'est réglé au quart de poil (inf) [mécanique] it's perfectly tuned ; [événement] it's beautifully organized• il est le quart/moins le quart it's (a) quarter past/(a) quarter to• passer un mauvais or sale quart d'heure to have a hard time of itc. ( = veille) watch2. compounds• démarrer or partir au quart de tour [engin] to start (up) first time ; [personne] (inf) to have a short fuse* * *kaʀnom masculin1) ( quatrième partie) quarter (de of)un quart d'heure — lit a quarter of an hour
faire passer un mauvais quart d'heure (colloq) à quelqu'un — to give somebody a hard time
les trois quarts du temps — (colloq) most of the time
les trois quarts des gens — (colloq) most people
2) ( bouteille) a quarter-litre [BrE] bottle (de of); ( pichet) a quarter-litre [BrE] pitcher (de of)3) ( gobelet) beaker (of a quarter-litre [BrE] capacity)4) Nautisme watch•Phrasal Verbs:* * *kaʀ nm1) (= fraction) quarterElle a mangé le quart du gâteau. — She ate a quarter of the cake.
2) (= partie) quarter3) (de kilo) quarter, quarter-kilo, (de litre) quarter, quarter-litreun quart de beurre — a quarter-kilo of butter, a half-pound of butter
une livre un quart — three-quarters of a kilo, one and a half pounds
4) (temps)2h et quart; 2h un quart — a quarter past 2 Grande-Bretagne a quarter after 2 USA
il est le quart — it's (a) quarter past, it's (a) quarter after USA
une heure moins le quart — quarter to one, quarter of one USA
il est moins le quart — it's quarter to, it's a quarter to
5) (= surveillance) watch* * *1 ( quatrième partie) quarter (de of); un quart d'heure lit a quarter of an hour; faire passer un mauvais quart d'heure à qn to give sb a hard time; un kilo un quart a kilo and a quarter; un quart de siècle a quarter century; un quart de poulet/fromage a quarter chicken/cheese; il possède les trois quarts du capital he owns three quarters of the capital; les trois quarts du temps most of the time; les trois quarts des gens most people; un portrait de trois quarts Art a portrait in three-quarter profile; se tenir de trois quarts to stand three quarters on;3 ( gobelet) beaker (of a quarter-litreGB capacity);quart de cercle quadrant; quart de queue baby grand (piano); quart de soupir semiquaver rest; quart de ton quarter tone; quart de tour lit a 90° ou ninety-degree turn; faites un quart de tour (sur vous-même) turn 90° ou ninety degrees; faire qch au quart de tour fig to do sth immediately; ⇒ petit, grand.I( féminin quarte) [kar, kart] adjectifII[kar] nom masculin1. [quatrième partie] quartera. [généralement] a quarter (of a) circle2. MUSIQUE4. [petite quantité] fraction[aire de vent] rhumbêtre de quart to be on watch ou duty6. [bouteille ou pichet] quarter litre7. [gobelet] (quarter litre) mug ou beaker -
5 tono
m tonerispondere a tono ( a proposito) answer to the pointper le rime answer back* * *tono s.m.1 tone: tono alto, basso, dolce, aspro, high, low, sweet, harsh tone; tono di voce, tone of voice!; non permetterti di parlarmi con questo tono!, don't speak to me in that tone of voice; in tono di supplica, in an imploring tone; in tono scherzoso, in a joking tone; parlava con tono arrabbiato, conciliante, he was speaking in an angry, a conciliatory tone; (pitt.) un dipinto in cui prevalgono i toni cupi, a painting in which dark tones predominate; cambiare tono, to change one's tune (o to use a different tone); rispondere a tono, to answer to the point (o to answer back) // calare di tono, to fall in pitch; una pubblicazione che è calata di tono, (fig.) a publication which has deteriorated2 ( modo, stile) tone, style: la sua presenza dava tono al ricevimento, his presence gave tone to the party; dare un tono alla conversazione, to set the tone of the conversation; vestire in tono dimesso, to dress simply; il tono giornalistico di un saggio, the journalistic style of an essay // darsi un tono, to give oneself airs3 (mus.) tone; key; ( intonazione) tune: intervallo di due toni, two-tone interval; tono maggiore, minore, major, minor key; dare il tono a uno strumento, to tune an instrument; essere in tono, fuori tono, (anche fig.) to be in, out of tune4 ( accordo, armonia) tune: quello che fa non è in tono coi suoi principi, what he does is not in keeping with his principles; questi colori non sono in tono, these colours do not match; ha le calze in tono con la camicia, her tights match her shirt5 (med.) ( fisico, muscolare) tone: tono muscolare, muscle tone; una medicina che dà tono, a tonic // sono giù di tono, I'm a bit under the weather (o I'm feeling poorly).* * *['tɔno]sostantivo maschile1) (della voce) tone, pitchrispondere a tono — (in modo pertinente) to answer to the point; (per le rime) to answer back
non usare quel tono con me! — don't speak to me like that o in that tone!
alzare, abbassare il tono (di voce) — to pitch one's voice higher, lower
2) (stile)beh, se la metti su questo tono — well, if you are going to take it like that
3) mus. key, pitch, tonein un tono maggiore, minore — in a major, minor key
4) (gradazione di colore) shade, tone-i caldi, freddi — warm, cold colours
5) fisiol. tonetono muscolare — tonus, muscle tone
••* * *tono/'tɔno/sostantivo m.1 (della voce) tone, pitch; con un tono risentito resentfully; rispondere a tono (in modo pertinente) to answer to the point; (per le rime) to answer back; non usare quel tono con me! don't speak to me like that o in that tone! alzare, abbassare il tono (di voce) to pitch one's voice higher, lower; i -i si fecero accesi the discussion became heated2 (stile) un'opera dai -i brillanti a work full of colour; una celebrazione in tono minore a muted celebration; il resto del discorso era sullo stesso tono the rest of the speech was in the same strain; beh, se la metti su questo tono well, if you are going to take it like that3 mus. key, pitch, tone; quarto di tono quarter tone; in un tono maggiore, minore in a major, minor key; fuori tono off-key; alzare il tono to raise the tone (anche fig.)4 (gradazione di colore) shade, tone; -i caldi, freddi warm, cold colours; tono su tono in matching tones5 fisiol. tone; tono muscolare tonus, muscle tonee avanti di questo tono and so on; darsi un tono to give oneself airs; essere giù di tono not to have much energy. -
6 Viertelton
m quarter tone* * *Vịer|tel|tonm pl - tönequarter tone* * *Vier·tel·tonm quarter tone* * *Viertelton m quarter tone -
7 çeyrek
"1. (a) quarter of an hour, quarter hour: bire çeyrek kala at a quarter to one; her çeyrekte every quarter hour. 2. (a) quarter (of): karpuzun bir çeyreği a quarter of the watermelon; bir çeyrek asır a quarter of a century. 3. slang mark (the monetary unit of Germany). - final sports (a) quarterfinal, quarterfinal match. - ses mus. quarter tone, quarter stop, enharmonic diesis. - son sports (a) quarterfinal, quarterfinal match." -
8 интервал в четверть тона
1) General subject: quarter tone2) Music: quarter-toneУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > интервал в четверть тона
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9 четвертитон
Music: quarter tone, quarter-tone, quartertone -
10 четвертитоновый
Music: quarter tone, quarter-tone -
11 Vierteltonmusik
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12 स्वरः _svarḥ
स्वरः [स्वर्-अच्, स्वृ-अप् वा]1 Sound, noise.-2 Voice; स्वरेण तस्याममृतस्रुतेव प्रजल्पितायामभिजातवाचि Ku.1.45.-3 A note of the musical scale or gamut, a tone, tune; (these are seven:-- निषादर्षभगान्धारषड्जमध्यमधैवताः ॥ पञ्चम- श्चेत्यमी सप्त तन्त्रीकण्ठोत्थिताः स्वराः Ak.); सप्त स्वरास्त्रयो ग्रामा मूर्छनाश्चैकविंशतिः Pt.5.54.-4 The number 'seven'.-5 A vowel.-6 An accent; (these are three; उदात्त, अनुदात्त and स्वरित q. q. v. v.); निहन्त्यरीनेकपदे य उदात्तः स्वरानिव Śi.2.95.-7 Air breathed through the nostrils.-8 Snoring.-9 Sweetness of tune or tone; तस्मादार्त्विज्यं करिष्यन् वाचि स्वरमिच्छेत तया वाचा स्वरसंपन्नयार्त्विज्यं कुर्यात् Bṛi. Up.1.3.25.-रा N. of the chief wife of Brahman.-Comp. -अंशः a half or quarter tone (in music).-अङ्कः a kind of musical composition.-अन्तरम् the interval between two vowels, hiatus.- उदय a. followed by a vowel.(-यः) 1 the production of sound.-2 see स्वरशास्त्र.-उपघातः hoarseness.- उपध a. preceded by a vowel.-कम्पः trembling of tone.-कर a. producing voice-क्षयः the loss of voice.-ग्रामः the musical scale, gamut.-च्छिद्रम् the sound-hole of a flute.-दीप्त a. (in augury) inauspicious with regard to voice.-नाभिः a kind of flute.-पत्तनम् N. of the Sāma-veda.-परिवर्तः change of voice.-वद्ध composed in musical measure.-ब्रह्मन् the Brahman as manifested in sound; स्वरब्रह्मणि निर्भातहृषीकेशपदाम्बुजे अखण्डं चित्तमावेश्य लोकाननुचरन् मुनिः ॥ Bhāg.6.5.22.-भक्तिः f. a vowel-sound phonetically inserted in the pronunciation of र् or ल् when these letters are followed by a sibilant or any single conso- nant; (e. g. वर्ष pronounced as वरिष).-भङ्गः, -भेदः 1 indistinctness of utterance, broken articulation.-2 hoarseness or cracking of voice.-भङ्गिन् m. a kind of bird.-मञ्चनृत्यम् a kind of dance.-मण्डलम् the circle of notes, arrangement of musical scales; सप्त स्वरास्त्रयो ग्रामा मूर्च्छनाश्चैकविंशतः तानास्त्वेकोनपञ्चाशदित्येतत्स्वरमण्डलम् ॥ Pt.5. 54.-मण्डलिका a kind of lute (वीणा).-मात्रा strength of sound.-योगः voice.-लासिका a flute, pipe.-विभक्तिः separation of a vowel.-शास्त्रम् 1 the science of the modulation of sounds.-2 the science of the passage of the air through the nostrils (as bearing on the prog- nostication of future events).-शुद्ध a. correct in musi- cal measure.-शून्य a. without musical notes, unmelo- dious, unmusical.-संयोगः 1 the junction of vowels.-2 the union of notes or sounds, i. e. voice; अन्य एवैष स्वरसंयागः Mk.1,3; U.3; पण्डितकौशिक्या इव स्वरसंयोगः श्रूयते M.5.-संक्रमः 1 a transition or succession of notes; तं तस्य स्वरसंक्रमं मृदुगिरः श्लिष्टं च तन्त्रीस्वनम् Mk.3.5.-2 the gamut.-संदेहविवादः a kind of round game; K.-संधिः the coalition of vowels.-संपद् f. melody of voice.-संपन्न a. having a melodious voice.-सामन् m. pl. epithets of particular days in a sacrificial session. -
13 श्रुतिः _śrutiḥ
श्रुतिः f. [श्रु-क्तिन्]1 Hearing; चन्द्रस्य ग्रहणमिति श्रुतेः Mu.1.7; R.1.27.-2 The ear; श्रुतिसुखभ्रमरस्वनगीतयः R.9.35; Śi.1.1; Ve.3.23.-3 Report, rumour, news, oral intelligence.-4 A sound in general; सा तु वेदश्रुतिं श्रुत्वा दृष्ट्वा वै तमसो निधिम् Rām.7.2.17; स वेत्ति गन्धांश्च रसान् श्रुतीश्च Mb.12.187.19.-5 The Veda (known by revelation, opp. स्मृति; see under वेद); श्रुतिस्तु वेदो विज्ञेयो धर्मशास्रं तु वै स्मृतिः Ms.2.1,14.-6 A Vedic or sacred text; इति श्रुतेः or इति श्रुतिः 'so says a sacred text'.-7 Vedic or sacred knowledge, holy learning; यत्रैषा सात्वती श्रुतिः Bhāg.1.4.7;11.3.46.-8 (In music) A divi- sion of the octavo, a quarter tone or interval; रणद्भिरा- घट्टनया नभस्वतः पृथग्विभिन्नश्रुतिमण्डलैः स्वरैः Śi.1.1;11.1; (see Malli. ad loc.).-9 The constellation Śravaṇa.-1 The diagonal of a tetragon, the hypotenuse of a trian- gle; cf. कर्ण.-11 Direct or expressed signification (opp. लक्षणा); श्रुतिलक्षणाविशये च श्रुतिर्न्याय्या न लक्षणा ŚB. on MS.6.2.2.-12 Speech (वाक्); विविक्तवर्णाभरणा सुखश्रुतिः Ki.14.3.-13 Name, fame (कीर्ति); हैरण्यौ भवतो बाहू श्रुतिर्भवति पार्थिवी Mb.3.35.9.-14 A word, saw, saying; Rām.2.72.25.-15 An explanation of ब्रह्म from the उपनिषद्s; विविधाश्चौपनिषदीरात्मसंसिद्धये श्रुतीः Ms.6.29 (com. श्रुतीरुपनिषत्पठितब्रह्मप्रतिपादकवाक्यानि).-16 Advantage, gain (फलश्रुति); उपोष्य संशितो भूत्वा हित्वा वेदकृताः श्रुतीः Mb.12. 265.7.-17 Name, title; बिभ्रत्यनन्यविषयां लोकपाल इति श्रुतिम् Kāv.2.331.-18 Learning.-19 Scholarship.-Comp. -अनुप्रासः a kind of alliteration; see K. P.9.-अर्थः the sense of a sentence derived on the strength of the श्रुतिप्रमाण as distinguished from लङ्ग, वाक्य and other प्रमाणs; यत्र श्रुत्यर्थो न सम्भवति तत्र वाक्यार्थो गृह्यते ŚB. on MS.6.2.14.-उक्त, -उदित a. enjoined by the Vedas; आचारः परमो धर्मः श्रुत्युक्तः स्मार्त एव च Ms.1.18.-कटः 1 a snake.-2 penance, expiation.-कटु a. harsh to hear. (-टुः) a harsh or unmelodious sound, regarded as a fault of composition.-कथित a. enjoined or prescribed by the Vedas.-चोदनम्, -नः a scriptural injunction, Vedic precept.-जातिविशारद a. familiar with different kinds of quarter tones; वीणावादनतत्त्वज्ञः श्रुतिजातिविशारदः । तालज्ञश्चाप्रयासेन मोक्षमार्गं नियच्छति ॥ Y.3.115.-जीविका a law-book or code of laws.-दूषक a. offending the ear.-द्वैधम् disagreement or contradiction of Vedas or Vedic precepts; श्रुतिद्वैधं तु यत्र स्यात्तत्र धर्माबुभौ स्मृतौ Ms.2.14.-धर a.1 hearing.-2 having a retentive memory; L. D. B.-निदर्शनम् evidence of the Vedas; कामकार- कृते$प्याहुरेके श्रुतिनिदर्शनात् Ms.11.45.-पथः 1 the range of the ear; तामाश्रित्य श्रुतिपथगतामास्थया लब्धमूलः M.4.1.-2 (pl.) tradition.-प्रसादन a. grateful to the ear.-प्रामाण्यम् authority or sanction of the Vedas.-प्रामाण्यतः ind. on the authority of the Veda; श्रुति- प्रामाण्यतो विद्वान् स्वधर्मे निविशेत वै Ms.2.8.-मण्डलम् 1 the outer ear.-2 the whole circle of the quarter-tones; Śi.1.1.-महत् a. rich in scriptural lore; सरस्वती श्रुतिमहतां महीयताम् Ś.7.35 (v. l. श्रुतमहताम्).-मूलम् 1 the root of the ear; लपितुं किमपि श्रुतिमूले Gīt.1.-2 a Vedic text.-मूलक a. founded on the Veda.-वचनम् a Ve- dic precept.-वर्जित a.1 deaf.-2 not knowing the Vedas.-विप्रतिपन्न a.1 not recognizing the authority of the scriptures, disregarding the Vedas.-2 contrary to the Vedas.-विवरम् the auditory passage.-विशेष- णार्थम् ind. for specialization in the Vedas; Svapna.1.-विषयः 1 the object of the sense of hearing i. e. sound; श्रुतिविषयगुणा या स्थिता व्याप्य विश्वम् Ś.1.1.-2 the reach or range of the ear; एतत् प्रायेण श्रुतिविषयमापतितमेव K.-3 the subject matter of the Veda.-4 any sacred ordi- nance.-वेधः boring the ear.-शिखरम्, -शिरस् 1 Upaniṣad or Vedānta; नमः सर्वेष्टाय श्रुतिशिखरदृष्टाय च नमः Viṣṇu-mahimna 3.-2 a leading text of the Veda.-सुख, -मनोहर a. agreeable to the ear, melodious; श्रुतिसुखमुपवीणितं सहायैः Ki.1.38.-स्फोटा Gynandropsis Pentaphylla (Mar. तिळवण).-स्मृति f. (dual) revela- tion and legal institutes, Veda and law; श्रुतिस्मृति- पुराणोक्तफलप्राप्त्यर्थम् Pūjā-mantra.-हारिन् a. captivating the ear. -
14 neljäsosanuotti
yks.nom. neljäsosanuotti; yks.gen. neljäsosanuotin; yks.part. neljäsosanuottia; yks.ill. neljäsosanuottiin; mon.gen. neljäsosanuottien; mon.part. neljäsosanuotteja; mon.ill. neljäsosanuotteihincrotchet (noun)quarter note (noun)* * *• crotchet• quarter note• quarter tone -
15 श्रुति
ṡrúti1) f. hearing, listening ( ṡrutimabhinīya, « feigning to hear» ;
ṡrutiṉvaco'nugāṉ-kṛi, « to listen to a speech») ṠBr. etc. etc.;
the ear, organ orᅠ power of hearing Kāv. VarBṛS. Kathās. ;
the diagonal of a tetragon orᅠ hypothenuse of a triangle Gol.;
that which is heard orᅠ perceived with the ear, sound, noise etc. RV. AV. Prāt. Kathās. BhP. ;
an aggregate of sounds (whether forming a word orᅠ any part of a word) TPrāt. ;
rumour, report, news, intelligence, hearsay ( ṡrutau-sthā, « to be known by hearsay») MBh. Kāv. etc.;
a saying, saw, word MBh. R. BhP. ;
that which has been heard orᅠ communicated from the beginning, sacred knowledge orally transmitted by the Brāhmans from generation to generation, the Veda
(i.e. sacred eternal sounds orᅠ words as eternally heard by certain holy sages called Ṛishis, andᅠ so differing from smṛíti orᅠ what is only remembered andᅠ handed down in writing by human authors seeᅠ Mn. II, 10 ;
it is properly only applied to the Mantra andᅠ Brāhmaṇa portion of the Vedas, although afterwards extended to the Upanishads andᅠ other Vedic works including the Darṡanas;
itiṡruteḥ, « because it is so taught in the Veda, according to a ṡruti orᅠ Vedic text» ;
pl. « sacred texts, the Vedas», alsoᅠ « rites prescribed by the Vedas») AitBr. ṠrS. Mn. MBh. etc.. IW. 144 ;
(in music) a particular division of the octave, a quarter tone orᅠ interval (twenty-two of these are enumerated, four constituting a major tone, three a minor, andᅠ two a semitone;
they are said to be personified as nymphs) Yājñ. Ṡiṡ. Pañcar. ;
a name, title Kāvyâd. II, 331 ;
learning, scholarship Ṡak. VarBṛS. (prob. w.r. for ṡruta);
= buddhi L. ;
N. of a daughter of Atri. andᅠ wife of Kardama VP. ;
2) f. (cf. sruti) course, path (?) RV. II, 2, 7; X, 111, 3 ;
the constellation, Ṡravaṇā L. ;
- श्रुतिकट
- श्रुतिकटु
- श्रुतिकण्ठ
- श्रुतिकथित
- श्रुतिकल्पद्रुम
- श्रुतिकल्पलता
- श्रुतिकीर्ति
- श्रुतिगीता
- श्रुतिगोचर
- श्रुतिचन्द्रिका
- श्रुतिचिकित्सा
- श्रुतिचोदन
- श्रुतिजातिविशारद
- श्रुतिजीविका
- श्रुतितत्त्वनिर्णय
- श्रुतितत्पर
- श्रुतितस्
- श्रुतिता
- श्रुतितात्पर्यनिर्णय
- श्रुतिदुष्ट
- श्रुतिदूषक
- श्रुतिद्वैध
- श्रुतिधर
- श्रुतिनिगदिन्
- श्रुतिनिदर्शन
- श्रुतिपथ
- श्रुतिपाद
- श्रुतिप्रपादिका
- श्रुतिपुराणसंग्रह
- श्रुतिप्रकाशिका
- श्रुतिप्रसादन
- श्रुतिप्रामाण्यतस्
- श्रुतिभास्कर
- श्रुतिमण्डल
- श्रुतिमत्
- श्रुतिमतानुमान
- श्रुतिमय
- श्रुतिमयूर
- श्रुतिमहत्
- श्रुतिमार्ग
- श्रुतिमितप्रकाशिका
- श्रुतिमीमांसा
- श्रुतिमुक्ताफल
- श्रुतिमुख
- श्रुतिमुखरमुख
- श्रुतिमूल
- श्रुतिमृग्य
- श्रुतिरञ्जनी
- श्रुतिरञ्जिनी
- श्रुतिलक्षणप्रायश्चित्त
- श्रुतिवचन
- श्रुतिवर्जित
- श्रुतिवाक्सारसंग्रह
- श्रुतिविक्रायक
- श्रुतिविप्रतिपन्न
- श्रुतिविवर
- श्रुतिविषय
- श्रुतिवेध
- श्रुतिशिरस्
- श्रुतिशील
- श्रुतिसंक्षिप्तवर्णन
- श्रुतिसंग्रह
- श्रुतिसागर
- श्रुतिसार
- श्रुतिसुख
- श्रुतिसूक्तिमाला
- श्रुतिसूत्रतात्पर्यामृत
- श्रुतिस्तुति
- श्रुतिस्फोटा
- श्रुतिस्मृति
- श्रुतिहारिन्
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16 diesis
dĭĕsis, is, f., = diesis. In ancient music,I.A quarter-tone, Vitr. 5, 4; Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 1 fin. —II.The first audible tone of an instrument, Vitr. 5, 3. -
17 δίεσις
A sending through, discharge, of a liquid, f. l. for δέξις, Hp.Superf.29; putting through,τῆς πλεκτάνης διὰ τοῦ αὐλοῦ Arist. GA 720b33
; letting through, opp. σύλληψις, Plu.Art.3.2 release, discharge, Sammelb.4638.21 (ii B. C.).II moistening, wetting, Hp.Ulc.14, Dsc.1.26. -
18 настроит
1. attuning2. attune3. toning4. tone -
19 настроит
1. toning2. tone -
20 настроить фортепьяно на четверть тона выше
General subject: raise the pitch of the piano by a quarter toneУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > настроить фортепьяно на четверть тона выше
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