atonal

English

Etymology

a- +‎ tonal

Pronunciation
  • (General American) IPA(key): /eɪˈtoʊnəl/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /eɪˈtəʊnəl/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • 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

Translations

See also

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

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Further reading

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ tonal.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.tɔ.nal/
  • Audio(file)

Adjective

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

  1. (music) atonal

Further reading

German

Adjective

atonal (strong nominative masculine singular atonaler, not comparable)

  1. (music) atonal

Declension
Positive forms of atonal (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist atonal sie ist atonal es ist atonal sie sind atonal
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative atonaler atonale atonales atonale
genitive atonalen atonaler atonalen atonaler
dative atonalem atonaler atonalem atonalen
accusative atonalen atonale atonales atonale
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der atonale die atonale das atonale die atonalen
genitive des atonalen der atonalen des atonalen der atonalen
dative dem atonalen der atonalen dem atonalen den atonalen
accusative den atonalen die atonale das atonale die atonalen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein atonaler eine atonale ein atonales (keine) atonalen
genitive eines atonalen einer atonalen eines atonalen (keiner) atonalen
dative einem atonalen einer atonalen einem atonalen (keinen) atonalen
accusative einen atonalen eine atonale ein atonales (keine) atonalen

Further reading
  • “atonal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “atonal” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “atonal” in Duden online

Portuguese

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.toˈnaw/ [a.toˈnaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.tuˈnal/ [ɐ.tuˈnaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.tuˈna.li/

  • Hyphenation: a‧to‧nal

Adjective

atonal m or f (plural atonais)

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French atonal. Equivalent to a- +‎ tonal.

Adjective

atonal m or n (feminine singular atonală, masculine plural atonali, feminine and neuter plural atonale)

  1. atonal

Declension
Declension of atonal
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite atonal atonală atonali atonale
definite atonalul atonala atonalii atonalele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite atonal atonale atonali atonale
definite atonalului atonalei atonalilor atonalelor

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ tonal.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /atoˈnal/ [a.t̪oˈnal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: a‧to‧nal

Adjective

atonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural atonales)

  1. (music) atonal

Derived terms

Further reading

Swedish

Adjective

atonal

  1. (music) atonal
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