pentatonic

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   relating to a pentatonic scale

Questions about pentatonic

What does pentatonic mean?

pentatonic means "relating to a pentatonic scale".

How many syllables are in pentatonic?

pentatonic has 4 syllables and divides as pen-ta-to-nic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is pentatonic a common word?

pentatonic 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.