tonality

English

Etymology

From French tonalité.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ælɪti

Noun

tonality (countable and uncountable, plural tonalities)

(music) The system of seven tones built on a tonic key; the 24 major and minor scales.
(music) A sound of specific pitch and quality; timbre.
(music) The quality of all the tones in a composition heard in relation to the tonic.
The interrelation of the tones in a painting.

Translations

system of seven tones and tonic key

Belarusian: тана́льнасць f (tanálʹnascʹ)
Bulgarian: тона́лност (bg) f (tonálnost)
Catalan: tonalitat f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 調性／调性 (zh) (diàoxìng)
Danish: tonalitet c
Finnish: tonaalisuus (fi)
French: tonalité (fr) f
Kazakh: тоналдық (tonaldyq), үндестілік (ündestılık)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tonalitet m

Nynorsk: tonalitet m
Occitan: tonalitat (oc) f
Polish: tonalność (pl) f
Portuguese: tonalidade (pt) f
Russian: тона́льность (ru) f (tonálʹnostʹ)
Swedish: tonalitet (sv) c
Ukrainian: тона́льність (uk) f (tonálʹnistʹ)

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