g clef

1. 1.

   a clef that puts the G above middle C on the second line of a staff

   Synonymstreble cleftreble staff

   Broaderclef

Questions about g clef

What does g clef mean?

g clef means "a clef that puts the G above middle C on the second line of a staff".

What is another word for g clef?

Close synonyms include treble clef, treble staff. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is g clef a common word?

g clef is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.