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atonal

/eɪˈtəʊnəl/US/eɪˈtoʊnəl/

atonal adjective: lacking a tonal center or key.

Adjective

atonal (comparative more atonal, superlative most atonal)

  1. Lacking a tonal center or key.
    • Gimme some of that ol' atonal music / It lingers in my ears / Schoenberg and Alban Berg / Were the genre's pioneers2019, “(Gimme Some of That) Ol' Atonal Music”, performed by Merle Hazard ft. Alison Brown
  2. Not tonal, lacking tones.

atonal meaning in Tamil and Urdu

atonal in Tamil

பண் முறையற்ற

atonal in Urdu

ناموزوں

Forms of atonal

comparativemore atonal
superlativemost atonal

Origin of atonal

From a- + tonal.

Words formed from atonal

Words that rhyme with atonal

Questions about atonal

What does atonal mean?
Atonal means lacking a tonal center or key.
What is atonal in Tamil?
Atonal in Tamil is பண் முறையற்ற. See Atonal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is atonal?
Atonal is an adjective.
How do you pronounce atonal?
Atonal is pronounced /eɪˈtoʊnəl/ (US).

Words near atonal in the dictionary

  1. atomweight
  2. atomweights
  3. atomy
  4. Aton
  5. atonable
  6. atonal
  7. atonalism
  8. atonalisms
  9. atonalist
  10. atonalistic
  11. atonalists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: atonal (page history and authors); atonal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); atonal (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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