semitone

English

Etymology

From semi- +‎ tone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛmitoʊn/

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Noun

semitone (plural semitones)

1. (music) A musical interval equal to an augmented unison or a minor second, depending on the context and tuning system used
2. (music) Any of the pitches of the chromatic scale

Synonyms

• half step
• halftone

Derived terms

• chromatic semitone
• diatonic semitone
• semitonic
• subsemitone

Related terms

• hemitonic

Translations

interval between adjacent keys

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• Basque: tonuerdi
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• Catalan: semitò m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 半音 (bun³ jam¹)

  Mandarin: 半音 (zh) (bànyīn)

• Czech: půltón m
• Danish: halvtone c
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• Faroese: hálvtóni m
• Finnish: puoliaskel, puolisävelaskel (fi)
• French: demi-ton (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Halbton (de) m
• Greek: ημίτονος (el) m (imítonos)
• Hebrew: חצי־טון m (khatsí ton)
• Hungarian: félhang (hu)
• Icelandic: hálftónn m
• Italian: semitono (it) m
• Japanese: 半音 (ja) (han'on)
• Khmer: ជំហានពាក់កណ្តាល (cumhaanpĕəkkɑɑntaal)
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• Māori: waehaurua
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: halvtone m

  Nynorsk: halvtone m

• Persian: نیمپرده (fa) sg (nīmparde)
• Polish: półton (pl) m
• Portuguese: semitom (pt) m, meio-tom m
• Romanian: semiton (ro) n
• Russian: полуто́н (ru) m (polutón)
• Slovak: poltón m
• Slovene: polton m
• Spanish: semitono (es) m
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• Welsh: hanner tôn m

See also

• cent

Anagrams

• meneitos, monetise, one-times