semitone

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- 1.1 Noun
  - 1.1.1 Synonyms
  - 1.1.2 Translations
- 1.2 Anagrams

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[edit] Noun

semitone (plural semitones)

(music) (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to half a tone or one-twelfth of an octave
(music) (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) Any of the pitches of the chromatic scale

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interval between adjacent keys

Czech: půltón (cs) m.
Finnish: puoliaskel, puolisävelaskel
Italian: semitono (it) m.
Norwegian: halvtone (no) m.

Russian: полутон (ru) (polutón) m.
Slovene: polton m.
Spanish: semitono (es) m.

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monetise

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