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nontonal

nontonal adjective: not tonal.

Adjective

nontonal (not comparable)

  1. Not tonal.
  2. Concerning atonal music with patterns and repetitions; Mildly atonal.
  3. Related to the non-tonal languages.

Forms of nontonal

alternative formnon-tonal

Origin of nontonal

From non- + tonal.

Questions about nontonal

What does nontonal mean?
Nontonal means not tonal.
What part of speech is nontonal?
Nontonal is an adjective.

Words near nontonal in the dictionary

  1. nontolerance
  2. nontolerant
  3. nontolerated
  4. nontoleration
  5. nontolerogenic
  6. nontonal
  7. nontonic
  8. nontoothed
  9. nontopical
  10. nontopicality
  11. nontopographic

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