pentatonic en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *tónos Proto-Hellenic *tónos Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek τονῐκός (tonĭkós) English tonic English pentatonic From penta- + tonic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Based on five tones.
The middle movement is completely pentatonic, giving it an unusual sound.
Deriveds
pentatonicism · pentatonically
Relateds
pentatonic scale · pentatone · diatonic
Translations (9)
it pentatonico (based on five notes) · fi viisisävelinen (based on five notes) · ru пентато́нный (based on five notes) · uk пентато́нний (based on five notes) · pl pentatoniczny (based on five notes) · fi pentatoninen (based on five notes) · fr pentatonique (based on five notes) · ca pentatònic (based on five notes) · es pentatónico (based on five notes)