clef

(klĕf)
n. Music
A symbol indicating the pitch represented by one line of a staff, in relation to which the other pitches of the staff can be determined.

[French, key, from Old French, from Latin clāvis.]

The symbol used at the beginning of a staff to indicate which lines and spaces represent which notes. In modern practice,only three clefs are commonly used, the G clef or treble clef, the F clef or bass clef, and the C clef, when used as an alto clef.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a musical notation written on a staff indicating the pitch of the notes following it

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - nøgle

Nederlands (Dutch)
toonsleutel

Français (French)
n. - clé

Deutsch (German)
n. - Notenschlüssel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μουσ.) κλειδί

Italiano (Italian)
chiave

Português (Portuguese)
n. - clave (f)

Русский (Russian)
музыкальный ключ

Español (Spanish)
n. - clave, llave

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - klav (mus.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
音部记号

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 音部記號

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 음자리표

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 音部記号

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مفتاح موسيقي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מפתח (במוסיקה)‬

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