Sharp
Pronunciations
American
IPA: /ʃʌɹp/
British
IPA: /ʃɑːp/
Adjective
sharp (sharper, sharpest)
- Having the ability to cut easily.
- Intelligent.
- Having the ability to pierce easily.
- (music) a note that is played a semitone higher than usual (denoted by the name of the note followed by the symbol ♯).
- (music) the scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic
- The Moonlight Sonata is written in C♯ minor (C sharp minor)
- Music higher-pitched than desired. (The oboe was an eighth of a tone sharp.)
- Having an intense flavour. (sharp cheddar)
- Intense and sudden. (a sharp pain)
See also
Translations
- Catalan: esmolat (1), llest (2), punxegut (3), sostingut (4)
- Dutch: scherp (1), scherpe (1), scherpzinnig (2), scherpzinnige (2)
- Finnish: terävä (1, 2)
- French: coupant m (coupante f) (1), intelligent m (intelligente f) (2), pointu m (pointue f) (3), dièse m, f (4)
- German: scharf (1, 3), aufgeweckt (2), scharfsinnig (2), -is (4)
- Romanian: ascuţit (1, 2, 3), diez (4)
- Russian: острый (1, 2)
- Swedish: skarp (1), skarpsinnig (2), vass (1, 3)
- Spanish: afilado (1), listo (2), puntiagudo (3), sostenido (4)
Noun
- (music) the symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note to indicate that the note is to be played a semitone higher.
Translations
- Dutch: kruis f
- German: Erhöhungszeichen n
