atonal

English

Etymology

a- +‎ tonal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɪˈtoʊnəl/
• IPA^(key): /eɪˈtəʊnəl/
• Rhymes: -əʊnəl

Adjective

atonal (comparative more atonal, superlative most atonal)

1. (music) Lacking a tonal center or key.
2. (linguistics) Not tonal, lacking tones.

Derived terms

• atonalism
• atonality

Translations

lacking a tonal center or key (music)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無調性的／无调性的, 无调性的 (wúdiàoxìng de)

• Danish: atonal
• Dutch: atonaal (nl)
• Finnish: atonaalinen (fi), sävellajiton
• French: atonal (fr)
• German: atonal
• Irish: atonúil
• Italian: atonale
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• Portuguese: atonal
• Russian: атона́льный (ru) (atonálʹnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̏тона̄лан

  Roman: ȁtonālan (sh)

• Slovene: àtonálen
• Spanish: atonal
• Swedish: atonal (sv)

not tonal, lacking tones (linguistics)

• Russian: атона́льный (ru) (atonálʹnyj), бесто́новый (bestónovyj)
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See also

• atonic

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin atonalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atonaːl/, [ˈatˢoˌnæːˀl]

Adjective

atonal

1. (music) atonal

Inflection

Inflection of atonal
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte common singular	atonal	—	—2
Indefinite neuter singular	atonalt	—	—2
Plural	atonale	—	—2
Definite attributive1	atonale	—	—
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Antonyms

• tonal

Derived terms

• atonalitet

Further reading

• atonal on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

atonal (feminine atonale, masculine plural atonals or atonaux, feminine plural atonales)

1. (music) atonal

Further reading

• “atonal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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German

Adjective

atonal (not comparable)

1. (music) atonal

Further reading

• “atonal” in Duden online

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Portuguese

Adjective

1. (music) atonal (lacking a tonal center or key)

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Spanish

Adjective

atonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural atonales)

1. (music) atonal

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Swedish

Adjective

atonal

1. (music) atonal