E-flat

English

Alternative forms

• E♭

Noun

E-flat (plural E-flats)

1. (music) A tone one semitone lower than E, between D and E.

   The clarinet played a long E-flat.

2. (music) A key or other mechanism for producing an E-flat.

   I had to take it to the shop because the E-flat was stuck.

3. (music) The key of E flat major.

   We will now hear the third sonata, in E-flat.

Derived terms

• E-flat major
• E-flat minor

 

Translations

tone between D and E

• Czech: es (cs)
• Faroese: ess n
• Finnish: es (fi)
• French: mi bémol m
• German: Es (de) n
• Hungarian: esz (hu)
• Italian: mi bemolle m
• Norwegian: ess (no)
• Russian: ми-бемоль (ru) m (mi-bemolʹ)
• Swedish: ess (sv)

mechanism for producing an E-flat

• French: mi bémol m
• German: Es (de) n
• Italian: mi bemolle m

E-flat major — see E-flat major

Anagrams

• aleft, alfet, fetal