ut

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ut"

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Etymology

From Middle English ut (“first degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian ut in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the opening word Latin ut (“how”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Benedictine monk Paulus Deacon (8th c. CE).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʊt/, /ʌt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ut/, /ʌt/, /ʊt/
• Rhymes: -ʊt, -ʌt, -uːt

Noun

ut (plural uts)

1. (music, dated) Syllable (formerly) used in solfège to represent the first note of a major scale.
   • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], page 132, column 1:

     Old Mantuam, old Mantuan. Who vnderſtandeth thee not, vt re ſol la mi fa: Vnder pardon sir, What are the contents? […]

   • 1875 February, The Ladies' Repository, volume 35, Cincinnati, page 189:

     The French added si for the seventh, and the Italians changed ut to do. Modern music-books name the whole thirteen notes of the semi-tone scale, and expect the pupil to learn them all.

Usage notes

• In solfège, ut has been replaced by do.

Related terms

• gamut

Translations

first note of a major scale

Dutch: ut (nl) m or f French: ut (fr) m

Anagrams

• -tu-, TU, Tu, Tū

Caddo

Noun

ut

1. raccoon

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ut, from the first word of Ut queant laxis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈut]

Noun

ut m (plural uts)

1. (music, dated) ut

French

Etymology

From Latin ut (“how”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yt/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

ut m (invariable)

1. (music) ut (do), the note 'C'

   Synonym: do

   en ut majeur ― in C major

Derived terms

• clef d'ut

Related terms

• gamut

Further reading

• “ut”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• tu

Fula

Alternative forms

• uqsatu

Etymology

From French août.

Noun

ut o

1. (Pular) August

   Synonym: juko

References

• Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.

Gothic

Romanization

ūt

1. romanization of 𐌿𐍄

Gullah

Alternative forms

• utch

Etymology

Origin unknown. Compare English light.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌːt/, /ʌttʃ/

Adjective

ut

1. (of weight) light

   Antonym: hebby

2. (of color) light

   Antonym: daak

Noun

ut

1. light

References

• Seminole Indian Scouts Cemetery Association. Afro-Seminole Creole Wikitongues Language Class

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin ut, from the first word of Ut queant laxis. Was replaced by do in the 17th century.

Noun

ut m (invariable)

1. (music, archaic) ut (do) the note 'C'.