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Definition: SOLFEGGIO |
SOLFEGGIONoun1. The system of arranging the scale by the names do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, by which singing is taught; a singing exercise upon these syllables. |
Date "SOLFEGGIO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references) |
Crosswords: SOLFEGGIO |
| English words defined with "SOLFEGGIO": Za. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "SOLFEGGIO" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Italian (sol-fa, solfeggio, tonic sol fa). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Song Titles | Song of the Nairobi Trio (Solfeggio) (performing artist: His Harp and Orchestra Robert Maxwell) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
solfeggio | 17 |
bach solfeggio | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SOLFEGGIO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Italian | solfeggio (sol-fa, tonic sol fa). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | olfeggiosay сольфеджио (sol-fa). (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "SOLFEGGIO": solfeggios. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "SOLFEGGIO" (pronounced 'Sol*feg"gio'): Arpeggio. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-g-g-i-l-o-o-s" | |
-1 letter: googlies, solfeggi. | |
-2 letters: floosie, foliose, gigolos, ologies. | |
-3 letters: filose, flooie, fogies, folios, gigolo, igloos, isolog, loggie, looies. | |
-4 letters: files, filos, flies, floes, flogs, fogie, foils, folio, fools, gogos, golfs, goofs, goose, igloo, loges, logoi, logos, loofs, looie, loose, ogles, oleos, olios, solei. | |
-5 letters: eggs, egis, egos, figs, file, filo, fils, floe, flog, foes, fogs, foil. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-g-g-i-l-o-o-s" | |
+1 letter: solfeggios. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 4F 4C 46 45 47 47 49 4F |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... --- .-.. ..-. . --. --. .. --- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01001111 01001100 01000110 01000101 01000111 01000111 01001001 01001111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S O L F E G G I O |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 004F 004C 0046 0045 0047 0047 0049 004F |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)534946403941414349 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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