"pentatonic scale" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: pentatonic scales [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pentatonic scale (plural pentatonic scales)
  1. (music) A scale having five notes per octave. Wikipedia link: pentatonic scale Categories (topical): Music Derived forms: hemitonic pentatonic scale, anhemitonic pentatonic scale Translations (scale having five notes): 五聲音階 (Chinese Mandarin), 五声音阶 (wǔshēng yīnjiē) (Chinese Mandarin), pentatoninen asteikko (Finnish), viisisävelinen asteikko (Finnish), skala pentatoniczna [feminine] (Polish), escala pentatónica [European, feminine] (Portuguese), escala pentatônica [Brazilian, feminine] (Portuguese), gamă pentatonică [feminine] (Romanian), пентато́ника (pentatónika) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-pentatonic_scale-en-noun-zj-REP0H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Inflected forms

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