Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
One of two parts, equal or unequal, in which a whole tone is divided.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
One of two parts, equal or unequal, in which a whole tone is divided.
The semitone in 12-tone equal temperament, with frequency ratio of the twelfth root of two.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any of the pitches of a chromatic scale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
An interval equal to an augmented unison or a minor second, depending on the context and tuning system used.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: half step
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: interval, musical interval
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English tone English semitone From semi- + tone.
Across languages
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
