What does diatonic mean?

diatonic means "based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in diatonic?

diatonic has 4 syllables: di-a-to-nic. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /ˌdaɪəˈtɑnɪk/.

What is the opposite of diatonic?

The recorded antonyms are chromatic.

Is diatonic a common word?

diatonic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with diatonic?

8 words rhyme with diatonic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Diatonic — meaning, pronunciation and 2 senses

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals
Antonymschromatic
music
2.
based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of western music
Similartonal

Questions about diatonic

What does diatonic mean?: diatonic means "based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in diatonic?: diatonic has 4 syllables: di-a-to-nic. The stress falls on "to". In IPA it is /ˌdaɪəˈtɑnɪk/.

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