adj
Meaning 1
Having three tones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tritoned
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
tritone
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
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: trī'tōn
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪˌtəʊ̯n/
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General-American: trī'tōn
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General-American: /ˈtɹaɪˌtoʊn/
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General-American: [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔waɪˌthoʊ̯n]
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General-American: [ˈt̠͡ʃɹ̠̊˔wäɪˌthoʊ̯n]
noun
Meaning 2
An interval of three whole tones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
Examples
- Near-synonyms: augmented fourth, diminished fifth
- The tritone has a pitch ratio close to 17:12.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: devil's chord, devil's interval, devil in music, diabolus in musica, diabolus, augmented fourth, diminished fifth
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A picture printed in three shades.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- English tone English tritone From tri- + tone.
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin tritonus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek τρίτονος (trítonos). By surface analysis, tri- + tone.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Cantonese: 三全音 (saam1 cyun4 jam1) — an interval of three whole tones
- Chinese Mandarin: 三全音 (sānquányīn) — an interval of three whole tones
- Czech: tritón — an interval of three whole tones
- Dutch: tritonus — an interval of three whole tones
- Finnish: tritonus — an interval of three whole tones
- French: triton — an interval of three whole tones
- Galician: trítono — an interval of three whole tones
- German: Tritonus — an interval of three whole tones
- Italian: tritono — an interval of three whole tones
- Polish: tryton — an interval of three whole tones
- Portuguese: trítono — an interval of three whole tones
- Romanian: triton — an interval of three whole tones
- Russian: трито́н (tritón) — an interval of three whole tones
- Serbo-Croatian: triton — an interval of three whole tones
- Serbo-Croatian: tritonus — an interval of three whole tones
- Spanish: trítono — an interval of three whole tones