ti

noun — 2 senses

ti

noun

/tiː/

Etymology Coined by English music educator Sarah Anna Glover in 1812 as an alteration of si for her solmization, made so that every note of solfège would begin with a different letter, from Middle English si (“seventh degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian si in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the initials of Latin Sāncte Iohannēs (“Saint John (the Baptist)”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.

1

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.

Synonyms
si

ti

noun

Etymology From a Polynesian language, related to Hawaiian kī.

1

A good luck plant (Cordyline fruticosa), an evergreen shrub.

Related terms
ti bon ange, ti ko pek, ti lok, ti-tree

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