Phrase guide

perfect pitch

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The ability to identify a note by name on hearing it, or to re-create a specified note from memory, without the benefit of an externally provided reference pitch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: absolute pitch

Antonyms: tone-deafness

2

noun

Meaning 2

By extension, a reliable innate sense of exactly what is true, appropriate, or needed in a given particular situation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The exact pitch of a note, described by its frequency in vibrations per second.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncommon, uncountable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the ability to identify the pitch of a tone

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: absolute pitch

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hearing, audition, auditory sense, sense of hearing, auditory modality

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: absoluut gehoor — ability to identify or re-create a note
  • Dutch: volmaakt gehoor — ability to identify or re-create a note
  • Estonian: absoluutne kuulmine — ability to identify or re-create a note
  • Finnish: absoluuttinen sävelkorva — ability to identify or re-create a note
  • French: oreille absolue — ability to identify or re-create a note
  • German: absolutes Gehör — ability to identify or re-create a note
  • German: Tonhöhengedächtnis — ability to identify or re-create a note
  • Greek: απόλυτο αυτί (apólyto aftí) — ability to identify or re-create a note
  • Greek: απόλυτη ακοή (apólyti akoḯ) — ability to identify or re-create a note
  • Macedonian: апсолутен слух (apsoluten sluh) — ability to identify or re-create a note
  • Norwegian Bokmål: absolutt gehør — ability to identify or re-create a note
  • Polish: słuch absolutny — ability to identify or re-create a note
  • Romanian: auz absolut — ability to identify or re-create a note
  • Romanian: ureche muzicală absolută — ability to identify or re-create a note
  • Russian: абсолю́тный слух (absoljútnyj slux) — ability to identify or re-create a note
  • Spanish: oído absoluto — ability to identify or re-create a note
  • Swedish: absolut gehör — ability to identify or re-create a note