quarter-tone

1. 1.

   half of a semitone

   Synonymsquarter tone

   Broaderinterval

Questions about quarter-tone

What does quarter-tone mean?

quarter-tone means "half of a semitone".

How many syllables are in quarter-tone?

quarter-tone has 3 syllables and divides as quar-ter--tone 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.

What is another word for quarter-tone?

Close synonyms include quarter tone. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.