Home › Words › M › meanemeanemeane means the middle voice of a three-voice polyphonic musical composition.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, meane ranks #14,464 of 42,749 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Middle English [Term?].nounThe middle voice of a three-voice polyphonic musical composition.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.mediant 64% match — The third degree of the diatonic scale. vs meane →middletone 57% match — Synonym of midtone. vs meane →mediety 57% match — The middle part; half; moiety. vs meane →mesne 56% match — Intermediate. vs meane →melos 56% match — The melody in Ancient Greek music. vs meane →middled 55% match — Having a specified kind of middle. vs meane →mid 55% match — Occupying a middle position; middle. vs meane →middlewise 55% match — In or towards the middle. vs meane →