octave

• Nom avec plusieurs sens : intervalle musical de huit degrés diatoniques ; groupe de huit vers poétiques ; ou période de huit jours, en particulier le jour de fête et la semaine qui suit.

A noun with multiple meanings: a musical interval spanning eight diatonic degrees; a group of eight lines of verse; or a period of eight days, especially a feast day and the week following it.

1. B2formal

   A musical interval spanning eight diatonic degrees, where the higher note has twice the frequency of the lower note.

   octave (intervalle musical)

   • The singer's voice spanned a full octave.
   • The piano keys are arranged in repeating octaves.
   • He practiced playing scales across two octaves.

   Synonymesdiapasoneighth

2. Liturgical periodC1formal

   A period of eight days, including a feast day and the seven days following it, observed in some Christian traditions.

   Octave liturgique

   • The octave of Easter is celebrated with special services.
   • During the octave of Christmas, many churches hold additional masses.
   • The feast day and its octave are considered a single celebration.

3. Poetic stanzaC1formal

   A group of eight lines of verse, often forming a stanza or a complete poem.

   Huitain (strophe de huit vers)

   • The sonnet's first octave introduces the main theme.
   • He wrote an octave in iambic pentameter.
   • The poem consists of three octaves and a final couplet.

   Synonymesoctet