SUBTONIC

Meaning of SUBTONIC in English

Pronunciation: ˌ s ə b- ' tä-nik

Function: noun

Etymology: from its being a half tone below the upper tonic

Date: circa 1854

: LEADING TONE

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

SUBTONIC — noun Etymology: from its being a half tone below the upper tonic Date: circa 1854 leading tone
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SUBTONIC — |səb+ noun Etymology: sub- + tonic : the seventh degree of the musical scale
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SUBTONIC — (n.) The seventh tone of the scale, or that immediately below the tonic; -- called also subsemitone.
Английский словарь Webster
SUBTONIC — (n.) A subtonic sound or element; a vocal consonant, as b, d, g, n, etc.; a subvocal.
Английский словарь Webster
SUBTONIC — (a.) Applied to, or distinguishing, a speech element consisting of tone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as in the …
Английский словарь Webster
SUBTONIC — ( n. ) The seventh tone of the scale, or that immediately below the tonic; -- called also subsemitone.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SUBTONIC — ( n. ) A subtonic sound or element; a vocal consonant, as b, d, g, n, etc.; a subvocal.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SUBTONIC — ( a. ) Applied to, or distinguishing, a speech element consisting of tone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SUBTONIC — /sub ton"ik/ , n. the seventh tone of a scale, being the next below the upper tonic. [ 1825-35; SUB- …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SUBTONIC — n. (Music) 7th tone of a diatonic scale
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SUBTONIC — noun Etymology: from its being a half tone below the upper tonic Date: circa 1854 : leading tone
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SUBTONIC — noun a subtonic sound or element; a vocal consonant, as b, d, g, n, ·etc.; a subvocal. 2. subtonic ·noun …
Webster English vocab
SUBTONIC — ■ noun Music the note below the tonic, the seventh note of the diatonic scale of any key.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SUBTONIC — [sub.ton.ic] n [fr. its being a half tone below the upper tonic] (ca. 1854): leading tone
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SUBTONIC — subtonic BrE AmE ˌsʌb ˈtɒn ɪk ◂ AmE \ -ˈtɑːn- ▷ subtonic|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SUBTONIC — n. Mus. the note below the tonic, the seventh note of the diatonic scale of any key.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SUBTONIC — n. Mus. the note below the tonic, the seventh note of the diatonic scale of any key.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SUBTONIC — n. Mus. the note below the tonic, the seventh note of the diatonic scale of any key.
Oxford English vocab
SUBTONIC — (музыкальное) нижний вводный или восходящий тон
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SUBTONIC — [sʌbʹtɒnık n муз. нижний вводный или восходящий тон
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SUBTONIC — восходящий тон
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SUBTONIC — (n) нижний вводный тон
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SUBTONIC — n муз. нижний вводный или восходящий тон
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SUBTONIC — [sʌbʹtɒnık n муз. нижний вводный или восходящий тон
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SUBTONIC — (музыкальное) нижний вводный или восходящий тон
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SUBTONIC — восходящий тон
Англо-Русский словарь
SUBSEMITONE — |səb+ noun Etymology: sub- + semitone : the leading note of a key in medieval music : subtonic
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEADING TONE — noun or leading note ˈlē- : the seventh musical degree of a major or minor scale — called also subtonic
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SUBVOCAL — (a. & n.) Same as Subtonic.
Английский словарь Webster
SUBSEMITONE — (n.) The sensible or leading note, or sharp seventh, of any key; subtonic.
Английский словарь Webster
KEY (13) — (n.) A family of tones whose regular members are called diatonic tones, and named key tone (or tonic) or one …
Английский словарь Webster
SUBVOCAL — ( a. & n. ) Same as Subtonic.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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