"atonal" meaning in English

See atonal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /eɪˈtoʊnəl/ [General-American], /eɪˈtəʊnəl/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-atonal.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more atonal [comparative], most atonal [superlative]
Rhymes: -əʊnəl Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English tonal English atonal From a- + tonal. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|a-<id:not>|tonal|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English tonal English atonal [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "un-", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "un-", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "not", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "not", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*né", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*n̥-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*ə-", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἀ-", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "a-", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "tonal", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "atonal", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="atonal"> From a- + tonal. Head templates: {{en-adj}} atonal (comparative more atonal, superlative most atonal)
  1. (music) Lacking a tonal center or key. Translations (lacking a tonal center or key (music)): atonal (Catalan), 無調性的 /无调性的 (wúdiàoxìng de) (Chinese Mandarin), atonal (Danish), atonaal (Dutch), atonaalinen (Finnish), sävellajiton (Finnish), atonal (French), atonal (German), atonúil (Irish), atonale (Italian), atonalny (Polish), atonal (Portuguese), атона́льный (atonálʹnyj) (Russian), а̏тона̄лан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ȁtonālan [Latin] (Serbo-Croatian), àtonálen (Slovene), atonal (Spanish), atonal (Swedish)
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  2. (linguistics) Not tonal, lacking tones. Translations (not tonal, lacking tones (linguistics)): atonal (Portuguese), атона́льный (atonálʹnyj) (Russian), бесто́новый (bestónovyj) (Russian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: atonalism, atonalist, atonality, atonally Related terms: atonic
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "lacking a tonal center or key (music)",
      "word": "atonal"
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      "sense": "lacking a tonal center or key (music)",
      "word": "atonal"
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      "word": "atonaal"
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      "sense": "lacking a tonal center or key (music)",
      "word": "atonaalinen"
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      "sense": "lacking a tonal center or key (music)",
      "word": "atonal"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "lacking a tonal center or key (music)",
      "word": "atonal"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "lacking a tonal center or key (music)",
      "word": "atonúil"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "lacking a tonal center or key (music)",
      "word": "atonale"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "lacking a tonal center or key (music)",
      "word": "atonalny"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "lacking a tonal center or key (music)",
      "word": "atonal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "atonálʹnyj",
      "sense": "lacking a tonal center or key (music)",
      "word": "атона́льный"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "lacking a tonal center or key (music)",
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      "word": "а̏тона̄лан"
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      "sense": "lacking a tonal center or key (music)",
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      "word": "ȁtonālan"
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      "sense": "lacking a tonal center or key (music)",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "lacking a tonal center or key (music)",
      "word": "atonal"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "lacking a tonal center or key (music)",
      "word": "atonal"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "not tonal, lacking tones (linguistics)",
      "word": "atonal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "not tonal, lacking tones (linguistics)",
      "word": "атона́льный"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "bestónovyj",
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}

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