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 Definitions of semitone  [ˈsɛm iˌtoʊn, ˈsɛm aɪ-]  

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Definition of 'semitone' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) semitone
a musical pitch halfway between two whole tones.

Etymology:  (1600–10)

Definition of 'semitone' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) semitone, half step
the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument


Definition of 'semitone' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) semitone
half a tone; -- the name commonly applied to the smaller intervals of the diatonic scale


Translation of 'semitone' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: half a tone in the musical scale
F sharp is a semitone above F natural.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: halftoon Arabic flag Arabic: نِصْف دَرَجَة في السُّلَّ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: полутон
Brazilian flag Brazilian: semitom Czech flag Czech: půltón German flag German: der Halbton
Danish flag Danish: halvtone Greek flag Greek: ημιτόνιο (μουσ.) Spanish flag Spanish: semitono
Estonian flag Estonian: pooltoon Farsi flag Farsi: نيم پرده در موسيقي Finnish flag Finnish: puolisävelaskel
French flag French: demi-ton Hebrew flag Hebrew: חֲצִי-טוֹן Hindi flag Hindi: अर्ध स्वरक
Croatian flag Croatian: poluton Hungarian flag Hungarian: félhang Indonesian flag Indonesian: setengah nada
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hálftónn Italian flag Italian: semitono Japanese flag Japanese: 半音
Korean flag Korean: 반음 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pustonis Latvian flag Latvian: pustonis
Malay flag Malay: separuh tone Dutch flag Dutch: halve toon Norwegian flag Norwegian: halvtone
Polish flag Polish: półton Persian flag Persian: نيم پرده در موسيقي Pashto flag Pashto: په موسيقي كي انتره
Portuguese flag Portuguese: semitom Romanian flag Romanian: semiton Russian flag Russian: полутон
Slovak flag Slovak: poltón Slovenian flag Slovenian: polton Serbian flag Serbian: poluton
Swedish flag Swedish: halvton Thai flag Thai: ครึ่งเสียงในดนตรี Turkish flag Turkish: yarım ton
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 半音 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: півтон Urdu flag Urdu: نیم سر
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nửa cung Chinese flag Chinese: 半音

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'semitone' - Nearby Entries  

semitic  semitic deity  semitic-speaking  semitone  semitrailer  semitrance  semitransparency  



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