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Definition: Atonal |
AtonalAdjective1. (music) characterized by avoidance of traditional Western tonality. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: AtonalSynonym: unkeyed (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: tonal (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Atonal |
| English words defined with "atonal": accept, Arnold Schoenberg, Arnold Schonberg ♦ Schoenberg, Schonberg. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Atonal" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (atonal), Portuguese (atonal), Spanish (atonal, atonic), Swedish (atonal), Turkish (atonal). |
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 | Atonal melody with bells and ambient texture lacing the melody. | | Angular and atonal saxophone solo in a very modern jazz setting. |
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| "Atonal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Atonal" is used about 25 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 25 | 69,787 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "atonal": atonal music. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
atonal | 10 |
atonal music | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "atonal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | واهن (atonic, crazy, doddery, effete, enervate, feeble, flagging, impotent, infirm, invalidity, lackadaisical, languid, languorous, lower, nerveless, powerless, prostrate, rusty, shrivelled, sickly, sluggish, spiritless, stunted, tender, weak, weakling, weakly, wimp). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | атонален. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | atonaal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | atonala. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ناموزون (Discordant, Dissonant), دارای عدم هم اهنگی وتوازن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | atonal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | χωρίσ μουσικήν κλείδα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אטו לי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | atonális. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tanpa nada. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | atonale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | atonalay atonal. (various references) атональный. (various references) atonalan. (various references) atonal (atonic). (various references) atonal. (various references) atonal, ahenksiz (discordant, disharmonious, dissonant, inconsonant, inharmonious, jazz, out of tune, tuneless, unharmonious, unmelodious, unmusical, untuned). (various references) атональний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "atonal": atonalism, atonalisms, atonalist, atonalists, atonalities, atonality, atonally. (additional references) | |
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"Atonal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abonae, Achanalt, agoal, agonal, aonal, Ashonai, Astohall, atanal, atenal, atoa, atonia, attena, Autona, ayonua, azonal, Etona, etonal, Othonial, Otoniel, Ottonel, Stonnell, Utonai, Vatenfall. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "atonal" (pronounced ātō"nul) |
| 5 | -t ō" n u l | tonal. |
| 4 | -ō" n u l | monoclonal. |
| 3 | -n u l | abdominal, aberrational, aboriginal, additional, adrenal, anal, annal, annul, Arsenal, attitudinal, autumnal, binational, biphenyl, cantonal, Cardinal, carnal, channel, coeducational, collisional, Colonel, communal, compositional, computational, concessional, conditional, confessional, conformational, confrontational, congregational, congressional, connotational, constitutional, conventional, conversational, cornel, correctional, criminal, Darnel, delusional, denominational, departmental, depositional, devotional, diagonal, dimensional, directional, diurnal, divisional, doctrinal, duodenal, dysfunctional, educational, emotional, empanel, erosional, eternal, exceptional, external, factional, faunal, fennel, fictional, final, flannel, fluxional, foundational, fractional, fraternal, functional, funnel, gastrointestinal, generational, gravitational, hexagonal, hormonal, Hymnal, impanel, impersonal, improvisational, infernal, informational, inspirational, institutional, instructional, intentional, intergenerational, internal, international, interpersonal, intestinal, investigational, Invitational, irrational, journal, jurisdictional, juvenile, kennel, kernel, latitudinal, longitudinal, luminal, marginal, maternal, medicinal, monsoonal, morainal, motivational, multinational, national, navigational, nocturnal, nominal, noncriminal, nonprofessional, nontraditional, nutritional, obsessional, occasional, occupational, octagonal, operational, optional, organizational, original, panel, paternal, penal, personal, phenomenal, polygonal, polyvinyl, processional, professional, promotional, proportional, provisional, rational, recreational, regional, relational, renal, representational, retinal, rotational, seasonal, sectional, semifinal, seminal, sensational, sentinel, shrapnel, signal, situational, spinal, subliminal, superregional, supranational, terminal, traditional, transformational, transitional, transnational, tribunal, tunnel, unconditional, unconstitutional, unconventional, unemotional, unintentional, unprofessional, untraditional, vaginal, venal, vernal, Vinal, vinyl, virginal, vocational. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-l-n-o-t" | |
-1 letter: alant, natal, notal, talon, tolan, tonal. | |
-2 letters: alan, alto, anal, anoa, anta, loan, lota, nota, tala, tola. | |
-3 letters: aal, ala, alt, ana, ant, lat, lot, not, oat, tan, tao, ton. | |
-4 letters: aa, al, an, at, la, lo, na, no, on, ta, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-l-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: alation. | |
+2 letters: ablation, alations, atonable, atonally, cantonal, halation, lavation, laxation, matronal, national, neonatal, nonfatal, notarial, octantal, patronal, postanal, rational, santalol, sonantal, tagalong, talapoin. | |
+3 letters: ablations, acylation, adulation, aflatoxin, alienator, allantoic, allantoin, allantois, altiplano, analogist, anecdotal, antidotal, antilabor, antinodal, antipodal, antisolar, atonalism, atonalist, atonality, baritonal, battalion, botanical, cantaloup, cantorial, coagulant, coastland, dealation, factional, halations, halothane, inhalator, lactation, laminator, laudation, lavations, laxations, malathion, montadale, nanotesla, nationals, nostalgia, octagonal, oxalating, palmation, palpation, pantalone, pantaloon, patrolman, placation, planation, polyantha, postnatal, rationale, rationals, saltation, salvation, santalols, santolina, stational, tagalongs, talapoins, talkathon, trainload, valuation, walkathon. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Sounds 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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