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subdominant

subdominant noun: the fourth tone of a scale.

Noun

subdominant (plural subdominants)

  1. The fourth tone of a scale.
  2. The triad built on the subdominant tone.

subdominant meaning in Tamil

subdominant in Tamil

ஐந்தாவது சுரத்திற்குக் கீழ்ப்பட்ட சுரம், துணைநிலைக் கோயிற்குரு நிலை

Forms of subdominant

pluralsubdominants

Origin of subdominant

From sub- + dominant.

Words formed from subdominant

Questions about subdominant

What does subdominant mean?
Subdominant means the fourth tone of a scale.
What is subdominant in Tamil?
Subdominant in Tamil is ஐந்தாவது சுரத்திற்குக் கீழ்ப்பட்ட சுரம், துணைநிலைக் கோயிற்குரு நிலை. See Subdominant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is subdominant?
Subdominant is a noun.
What is the plural of subdominant?
The plural of subdominant is subdominants.

Words near subdominant in the dictionary

  1. subdolous
  2. subdolously
  3. subdomain
  4. subdomains
  5. subdominance
  6. subdominant
  7. subdominantly
  8. subdominants
  9. subdominion
  10. subdominions
  11. subdood

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subdominant (page history and authors); subdominant (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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