gamme
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin gamma. Doublet of gamma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡam/
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Noun
gamme f (plural gammes)
- (music) musical scale
- Synonym: échelle
- faire ses gammes ― to play one's scales, to do one's scales
- En musique, une gamme est un ensemble de sons, appelés degrés, formant le cadre dans lequel se bâtit une œuvre musicale.
- In music, a scale is a set of sounds, called degrees, forming the framework in which a musical work is constructed.
- range, gamut, series
- gamme de produits ― product base
- haut de gamme ― upscale, upmarket, high-end
- bas de gamme ― low-end
- entrée de gamme ― low-end
Descendants
- → Persian: گام (gâm)
Further reading
- “gamme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Derived terms
- gamme dé cartes (“card game”)
- gamme dé compiuteu (“computer game”)
- Les Gammes du Commonwealth (“Commonwealth Games”)
- Les Gammes Olympiques (“Olympic Games”)
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Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Norwegian gamme, from Old Norse gammi. Cognate to Elfdalian gamme (“protruding part of a roof”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²ɡamɛ/
Noun
gamme c
Declension
Declension of gamme | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | gamme | gammen | gammer | gammerna |
Genitive | gammes | gammens | gammers | gammernas |
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References
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