PENTATONIC

Meaning of PENTATONIC in English

|pentə+ adjective

Etymology: penta- + tonic

1. : consisting of five musical tones

2. : relating to a pentatonic scale

• pen·ta·ton·i·cism ˌpentəˈtänəˌsizəm noun -s

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PENTATONIC — adjective Date: 1864 consisting of five tones
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PENTATONIC — adj. of or pertaining to a pentatonic scale; composed of five tones
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PENTATONIC — adjective Date: 1864 : consisting of five tones ; specifically : being or relating to a scale in which the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PENTATONIC — [ ˌpɛntə'tɒnɪk ] ■ adjective Music relating to, based on, or denoting a scale of five notes. Derivatives ~ism noun
Concise Oxford English vocab
PENTATONIC — [pen.ta.ton.ic] adj (1864): consisting of five tones; specif: being or relating to a scale in which the tones are arranged …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PENTATONIC — pentatonic BrE AmE ˌpent ə ˈtɒn ɪk ◂ AmE \ ˌpen t̬ ə ˈtɑːn ɪk ◂
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PENTATONIC — / ˌpentəˈtɒnɪk; NAmE -ˈtɑːn-/ adjective ( music ) related to or based on a scale of five notes
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PENTATONIC — adj. Mus. 1 consisting of five notes. 2 relating to such a scale.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PENTATONIC — adj. Mus. 1 consisting of five notes. 2 relating to such a scale.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PENTATONIC — adj. Mus. 1. consisting of five notes. 2 relating to such a scale.
Oxford English vocab
PENTATONIC — (музыкальное) пентатонный (о звукоряде)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PENTATONIC — a муз. пентатонный ( о звукоряде )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PENTATONIC — прил., муз.пентатонный (о звукоряде, содержащем пять ступеней в пределах октавы)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PENTATONIC — (a) пентатонный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
PENTATONIC — a муз. пентатонный ( о звукоряде )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PENTATONIC — a муз. пентатонный ( о звукоряде )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PENTATONIC — прил. , муз. пентатонный ( о звукоряде, содержащем пять ступеней в пределах октавы )
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PENTATONIC — прил., муз. пентатонный (о звукоряде, содержащем пять ступеней в пределах октавы)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PENTATONIC — (музыкальное) пентатонный (о звукоряде)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PENTATONIC — adj. Pronunciation: ˌ pen-t ə - ' tä-nik Function: adjective Date: 1864 : consisting of five tones specifically : being …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PENTATONIC SCALE — noun : a musical scale of five tones in which the octave is reached at the sixth tone ; specifically …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PENTATONIC SCALE — /pen"teuh ton"ik, pen'-/ , Music. a scale having five tones to an octave, as one having intervals that correspond to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PENTATONIC SCALE — octave that includes only 5 notes, basic musical scale used in the Far East
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PENTATONIC SCALE — also called Five-note Scale, or Five-tone Scale, musical scale containing five different tones. It is thought that the pentatonic scale …
Britannica English vocabulary
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Английский словарь Британика
EAST ASIAN ARTS — Visual, literary, and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. Painting and calligraphy are considered the only true fine arts …
Английский словарь Британика
PENTATONICISM — noun see pentatonic
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PENTATONE — ˈpentəˌtōn noun Etymology: penta- + tone : pentatonic scale
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PELOK — ˈpelək noun also pel·og -ləg ( -s ) Etymology: Javanese : a Javanese pentatonic scale approximately equal to the tones …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NEOMODAL — |nēə+ adjective Etymology: ne- + modal : characterized by the modification of major-minor tonality by the use of ecclesiastical modes …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAGON — four-wheeled vehicle designed to be drawn by draft animals and known to have been used as early as the 1st …
Britannica English vocabulary
SCALE — in music, any graduated sequence of notes, tones, or intervals dividing what is called an octave. The specific selection of …
Britannica English vocabulary

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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