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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A system of seven sounds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
A lyre with seven chords.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
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History
From Ancient Greek ἑπτάχορδος (heptákhordos, “seven-stringed”), from ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”) + χορδή (khordḗ, “chord”). Compare French heptacorde.
