"enharmonic" meaning in English

See enharmonic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Latin enharmonicus, from Late Latin enarmonius, from Ancient Greek ἐναρμόνιος (enarmónios), from ἐν (en)+ἁρμονία (harmonía). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|enharmonicus}} Latin enharmonicus, {{m|la|enarmonius}} enarmonius, {{m|grc|ἐναρμόνιος}} ἐναρμόνιος (enarmónios), {{m|grc|ἐν}} ἐν (en), {{m|grc|ἁρμονία}} ἁρμονία (harmonía) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} enharmonic (not comparable)
  1. (music) Describing two or more identical or almost identical notes that are written differently when in different keys. (Whether they are identical and what the exact equivalences are depends on the tuning used.) Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Music Translations (Describing two or more identical notes that are written differently when in different key): enharmoninen (Finnish), enharmonisch (German), εναρμόνιος (enarmónios) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), εναρμόνια (enarmónia) [feminine] (Greek), εναρμόνιο (enarmónio) [neuter] (Greek), enarmonico (Italian), enharmonisk (Norwegian)
    Sense id: en-enharmonic-en-adj-pS8fxSBv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'Describing two or more identical notes that are written differently when in different key': 100 0
  2. (music) Of or pertaining to a tetrachord. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Music Translations (Of or pertaining to a tetrachord): enharmoninen (Finnish), enarmonico (Italian)
    Sense id: en-enharmonic-en-adj-gyajsaoK Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'Of or pertaining to a tetrachord': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: enharmonically

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for enharmonic meaning in English (4.6kB)

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "enharmonically"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "enharmonicus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin enharmonicus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "enarmonius"
      },
      "expansion": "enarmonius",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἐναρμόνιος"
      },
      "expansion": "ἐναρμόνιος (enarmónios)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἐν"
      },
      "expansion": "ἐν (en)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἁρμονία"
      },
      "expansion": "ἁρμονία (harmonía)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin enharmonicus, from Late Latin enarmonius, from Ancient Greek ἐναρμόνιος (enarmónios), from ἐν (en)+ἁρμονία (harmonía).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "enharmonic (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "en:Music",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "C sharp is enharmonic to D flat in twelve-tone equal temperament, but in most other tuning systems they are distinct pitches."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Describing two or more identical or almost identical notes that are written differently when in different keys. (Whether they are identical and what the exact equivalences are depends on the tuning used.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-enharmonic-en-adj-pS8fxSBv",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "note",
          "note"
        ],
        [
          "key",
          "key"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) Describing two or more identical or almost identical notes that are written differently when in different keys. (Whether they are identical and what the exact equivalences are depends on the tuning used.)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Describing two or more identical notes that are written differently when in different key",
          "word": "enharmoninen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Describing two or more identical notes that are written differently when in different key",
          "word": "enharmonisch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "enarmónios",
          "sense": "Describing two or more identical notes that are written differently when in different key",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "εναρμόνιος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "enarmónia",
          "sense": "Describing two or more identical notes that are written differently when in different key",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "εναρμόνια"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "enarmónio",
          "sense": "Describing two or more identical notes that are written differently when in different key",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "εναρμόνιο"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "el",
          "english": "(rare",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "note": "εναρμονικός m, εναρμονική f, εναρμονικό n, ενάρμονος m or f, ενάρμονη f, ενάρμονο n)",
          "roman": "enármono",
          "sense": "Describing two or more identical notes that are written differently when in different key"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Describing two or more identical notes that are written differently when in different key",
          "word": "enarmonico"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "Describing two or more identical notes that are written differently when in different key",
          "word": "enharmonisk"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "en:Music",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of or pertaining to a tetrachord."
      ],
      "id": "en-enharmonic-en-adj-gyajsaoK",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "tetrachord",
          "tetrachord"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) Of or pertaining to a tetrachord."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Of or pertaining to a tetrachord",
          "word": "enharmoninen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 98",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Of or pertaining to a tetrachord",
          "word": "enarmonico"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "enharmonic"
  ],
  "word": "enharmonic"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English uncomparable adjectives"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "enharmonically"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "enharmonicus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin enharmonicus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "enarmonius"
      },
      "expansion": "enarmonius",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἐναρμόνιος"
      },
      "expansion": "ἐναρμόνιος (enarmónios)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἐν"
      },
      "expansion": "ἐν (en)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἁρμονία"
      },
      "expansion": "ἁρμονία (harmonía)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin enharmonicus, from Late Latin enarmonius, from Ancient Greek ἐναρμόνιος (enarmónios), from ἐν (en)+ἁρμονία (harmonía).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "enharmonic (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "C sharp is enharmonic to D flat in twelve-tone equal temperament, but in most other tuning systems they are distinct pitches."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Describing two or more identical or almost identical notes that are written differently when in different keys. (Whether they are identical and what the exact equivalences are depends on the tuning used.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "note",
          "note"
        ],
        [
          "key",
          "key"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) Describing two or more identical or almost identical notes that are written differently when in different keys. (Whether they are identical and what the exact equivalences are depends on the tuning used.)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of or pertaining to a tetrachord."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "tetrachord",
          "tetrachord"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) Of or pertaining to a tetrachord."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Describing two or more identical notes that are written differently when in different key",
      "word": "enharmoninen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Describing two or more identical notes that are written differently when in different key",
      "word": "enharmonisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "enarmónios",
      "sense": "Describing two or more identical notes that are written differently when in different key",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "εναρμόνιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "enarmónia",
      "sense": "Describing two or more identical notes that are written differently when in different key",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "εναρμόνια"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "enarmónio",
      "sense": "Describing two or more identical notes that are written differently when in different key",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "εναρμόνιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "english": "(rare",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "note": "εναρμονικός m, εναρμονική f, εναρμονικό n, ενάρμονος m or f, ενάρμονη f, ενάρμονο n)",
      "roman": "enármono",
      "sense": "Describing two or more identical notes that are written differently when in different key"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Describing two or more identical notes that are written differently when in different key",
      "word": "enarmonico"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "Describing two or more identical notes that are written differently when in different key",
      "word": "enharmonisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Of or pertaining to a tetrachord",
      "word": "enharmoninen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Of or pertaining to a tetrachord",
      "word": "enarmonico"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "enharmonic"
  ],
  "word": "enharmonic"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.