octave

Other forms of octave

plural

octaves·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about octave

What does octave mean?

octave means "a feast day and the seven days following it". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in octave?

octave has 2 syllables: oc-tave. The stress falls on "oc". In IPA it is /ˈɑktɪv/.

What is another word for octave?

Close synonyms include musical octave. 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 octave a common word?

octave is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.