Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quindicessima

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quindi-ces-si-ma
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Two octaves higher. Marking indicates a passage to be transposed up two octaves. Abbreviation: 15ma.

Etymology

From Italian quindicessima, the feminine ordinal form of quindici (“fifteen”).

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: quindicessima

Inflected Forms

quindicesima (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

ottava

Questions

What does quindicessima mean?: Two octaves higher. Marking indicates a passage to be transposed up two octaves. Abbreviation: 15ma.
Where does quindicessima come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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