noun
Meaning 1
A set of musical notes, typically ordered in pitch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
musical scale
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noun
Meaning 2
(music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scale
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: musical notation
Narrower terms: gamut, diatonic scale, chromatic scale, gapped scale
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: hudební stupnice — a set of musical notes, typically ordered in pitch
- Finnish: sävelasteikko — a set of musical notes, typically ordered in pitch
- Finnish: skaala — a set of musical notes, typically ordered in pitch
- French: gamme — a set of musical notes, typically ordered in pitch
- Galician: escala musical — a set of musical notes, typically ordered in pitch
- Georgian: მუსიკალური სკალა (musiḳaluri sḳala) — a set of musical notes, typically ordered in pitch
- German: Tonleiter — a set of musical notes, typically ordered in pitch
- Indonesian: tangga nada — a set of musical notes, typically ordered in pitch
- Japanese: 音階 (onkai) — a set of musical notes, typically ordered in pitch
- Manx: aarey chiaull — a set of musical notes, typically ordered in pitch
- Polish: skala muzyczna — a set of musical notes, typically ordered in pitch
- Romanian: scară muzicală — a set of musical notes, typically ordered in pitch
- Sundanese: titi laras — a set of musical notes, typically ordered in pitch
- Swedish: tonskala — a set of musical notes, typically ordered in pitch
- Tagalog: talalinigan — a set of musical notes, typically ordered in pitch
- Tagalog: talalinggan — a set of musical notes, typically ordered in pitch
- Vietnamese: gam — a set of musical notes, typically ordered in pitch
- Vietnamese: âm giai — a set of musical notes, typically ordered in pitch