ti
Meanings
Plural: tis
Noun
- a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
- shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii
- the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization
- A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.
- A good luck plant (Cordyline fruticosa), an evergreen shrub.
Origin / 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.
Scrabble Score: 2
ti is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordti is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 2
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