US /mi/ UK /miː/
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noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the third note of a major scale in the tonic sol-fa system

    The choir held the note on mi until the conductor's cue.

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Synonyms
1 noun · the third note of a major... me
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Related forms solfegegamut

Etymology

From the third syllable of the medieval solmization hymn 'Ut queant laxis', from the line 'MIra gestorum', devised by Guido of Arezzo in the 11th century to name the notes of the scale.

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