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pentatonic

pentatonic adjective: based on five tones.

Adjective

pentatonic (not comparable)

  1. Based on five tones.
    • The middle movement is completely pentatonic, giving it an unusual sound.

Noun

pentatonic (plural pentatonics)

  1. The pentatonic scale.

pentatonic meaning in Tamil

pentatonic in Tamil

ஐந்து இசைக்குரல்கள் கொண்ட

Forms of pentatonic

pluralpentatonics

Origin of pentatonic

From penta- + tonic.

Words formed from pentatonic

Phrases with pentatonic

Questions about pentatonic

What does pentatonic mean?
Pentatonic means based on five tones.
What is pentatonic in Tamil?
Pentatonic in Tamil is ஐந்து இசைக்குரல்கள் கொண்ட. See Pentatonic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pentatonic?
Pentatonic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near pentatonic in the dictionary

  1. pentatomomorphan
  2. pentatomomorphans
  3. pentatomomorphs
  4. pentatone
  5. pentatones
  6. pentatonic
  7. pentatonic scale
  8. pentatonic scales
  9. pentatonically
  10. pentatonicism
  11. pentatonics

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pentatonic (page history and authors); pentatonic (Tamil 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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