tritone

See also: Tritone

English

Etymology

tri- +‎ tone

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɹaɪˌtoʊn/

Noun

tritone (plural tritones)

1. (music) An interval of three whole tones.
   • 2007, February 17, “Ben Ratliff”, in For Some Unmellowed Metalheads, Middle Age Is Nothing to Fear‎^[1]:

     The mini-epic “Seasons in the Abyss,” with its ringing tritone interval at the beginning, its extended solos, its medium tempo, was as close as Slayer got to a groove.

   The tritone has a pitch ratio close to 17:12.

Synonyms

• devil's interval

Abbreviations

• TT

Derived terms

• semitritone

See also

• augmented fourth
• diminished fifth

Translations

an interval of three whole tones

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 三全音 (saam¹ cyun⁴ jam¹)

  Mandarin: 三全音 (sānquányīn)

• Czech: tritón m
• French: triton (fr) m

• Italian: tritono m
• Portuguese: trítono (pt) m
• Romanian: triton (ro) n
• Russian: трито́н (ru) m (tritón)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

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Italian

Noun

tritone m (plural tritoni)

1. newt, triton

Anagrams

• ritento, ritentò, tintore, tornite