meio-tom

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmej.uˈtõ/ [ˌmeɪ̯.uˈtõ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmej.uˈtõ/ [ˌmeɪ̯.uˈtõ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmej.oˈtõ/ [ˌmeɪ̯.oˈtõ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmɐj.uˈtõ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmɐj.uˈtõ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmej.uˈtõ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmej.uˈtõ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌme.uˈtõ/

• Hyphenation: mei‧o‧tom

Noun

meio-tom m (plural meios-tons)

1. (music) semitone (interval between adjacent keys)

   Synonym: semitom

Further reading

• “meio-tom”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “meio-tom”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026