submediant

1. 1.

   (music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic)

   Broadernote

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Other forms of submediant

plural

submediants·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about submediant

What does submediant mean?

submediant means "(music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic)".

How many syllables are in submediant?

submediant has 4 syllables and divides as sub-me-di-ant 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.