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Syllabification: (re)

Pronunciation: /rā/

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Definition of re

noun

Music

(in solmization) the second note of a major scale.
the note D in the fixed-do system.

Origin:

Middle English re, representing (as an arbitrary name for the note) the first syllable of resonare, taken from a Latin hymn (see solmization)

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cur

/ kəː

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