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adj
Based on five tones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
The pentatonic scale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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adjective
relating to a pentatonic scale
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkwe Proto-Hellenic *pénkwe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *tónos Proto-Hellenic *tónos Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek τονῐκός (tonĭkós) English tonic English pentatonic From penta- + tonic.
Across languages
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