tonalité

See also: tonalite

French

Etymology

From tonal +‎ -ité.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɔ.na.li.te/
Audio (Paris) (file)

Noun

tonalité f (plural tonalités)

tonality
(music) key (scale of musical notes)
La note sensible et l’accord parfait déterminent la tonalité.
The leading tone and the perfect chord determine the key.

References

“tonalité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Further reading

“tonalité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

entoilât, entôlait

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