tablature

• tabulature

From French, from Italian tavolatura, from Latin tabulatura, from tabula.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtæblət͡ʃɜ/

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tablature (countable and uncountable, plural tablatures)

1. A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.
2. (countable) An engraved tablet, or a painting on a wall or ceiling, or sometimes a picture in general.
3. (anatomy) A division of the skull into two tables.

• (musical notation): tab

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tablature f (plural tablatures)

1. tablature

• “tablature”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.